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HENRY ALEXANDER GRADY, 32°
GRAND MASTER, 1919
HENRY ALEXANDER GRADY 32°
GRAND MASTER 1919
Henry Alexander Grady was born in Clinton, Samp-
son County, N. C., on September 19, 1871. He is de-
scended from William Grady, or “Graddy” as it is spelled
in the old deeds, who settled in North Carolina prior
to June 30, 1718, for on that date James Rutland con-
veyed fifty acres of land in Bertie County to William
Grady. The name has always been pronounced Graddy
by the North Carolina family. William had a son named
John who moved to Duplin County and settled on the
Northeast River and Burncoat Creek upon a tract of
land which is still in the family, having never been con-
veyed away. John married Mary Whitfield, a daughter
of William Whitfield, and from this union there sprang
John 2nd, who was killed at the Battle of Moore’s CreeK
in 1776, and Alexander, the great-great-grandfather of
the subject of this sketch, Alexander Grady, having also
been a Whig soldier in the same battle. Alexander
lived and died on the old Grady plantation in Albertson
township, Duplin County, and was the father of Henry
Grady or “Lord Harry,” as the family called him, who
married a daughter of James Outlaw and became the
father of Alexander Outlaw Grady, who was born in
the year 1800.
Alexander Outlaw Grady married Anne Sloan in
1829 and their oldest son was Benjamin Franklin Grady,
the father of Henry A. Grady. B. F. Grady served
two terms in the National Congress from the third
North Carolina district. He married Mary Charlotte
Bizzell, daughter of Dr. Henry Arthur Bizzell and Cel-
estial (Robinson) Bizzell of Clinton, N. C., and to this
union there were born six boys and three girls, Henry
A. Grady being the oldest child. He was born in his
maternal grandfather’s house in Clinton, where his
father, with Prof. Murdock McLeod, was conducting a
preparatory school for young men. At the age of seven
his father moved to the old home in Duplin County,
where the boy was reared on the farm.
At the age of 19 he secured a first-grade certificate
from the County Superintendent of Schools and began
to teach in the public schools of Duplin County. In
1892 he entered the University of North Carolina, where
he remained for two years, taking a special course in
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Proceedings of the
literature and mathematics. In 1894 he went to Wash-
ington City as private secretary to his father, who was
a member of Congress. In 1895 he accepted a position
with the U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey and spent a year
in Alaska, assisting in establishing the boundary line
between that territory and British Columbia and in mak-
ing astronomical observations. He returned to North
Carolina for a short rest, and, in the early spring of
1896, went to New York City, where he studied law
in the office of his half-brother, Franklin Grady. When
the Spanish-American War broke out Mr. Grady re-
turned to North Carolina and organized a company of
volunteers, but the war ended before the company could
be mustered into service. He then turned his attention
to teaching and, with his father, established an academy
at the village of Turkey in Sampson County, where he
taught for two years, at the end of which time he en-
tered the University a second time as a law student.
In the fall of 1900, with Judge MacRae’s certificate, he
applied for and received a license to practice law in his
native State. Mr. Grady is also an alumnus of George-
town University Law School which he attended while in
Washington City in 1893-94.
On October 23, 1901, Mr. Grady married Annie E-
lizabeth, the only daughter of Dr. Daniel McLean and
Elizabeth (Murphy) Graham, of Wallace, N. C. He has
three children, Henry A. Grady, Jr., Franklin McLean
Grady and Graham Montrose Grady, the eldest being now
nearly 16 years of age. In 1906 he formed a law part-
nership with Archibald McLean Graham, his brother-
in-law, and this firm is still in existence under the name
of Grady & Graham, with offices in the town of Clinton.
Mr. Grady has never held any political office except
that of Senator from the 14th senatorial district of
North Carolina, to which position he was elected in
1905. He is a democrat in politics and a Presbyterian
in religion. He served on Governor Kitchen’s personal
staff with the rank of Colonel, and is the present Mayor
of the town in which he lives. Mr. Grady was initiated
an Entered Apprentice on May 6, 1901, passed to the
degree of Fellow Craft June 1, 1901, and raised to the
degree of Master Mason June 21, 1901, in Hiram Lodge,
No. 98, Clinton, N. C. He is several times Past Master
of his own Lodge, is a member of the Pythian order,
High Priest of Clinton Chapter, No. 40, R. A. M., a
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
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member of Plantagenet Commandery, No. 1, Wilming-
ton, N. C., of Wilmington Consistory, No. 4, and of
Oasis Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., at Charlotte, N. C.
He was appointed Grand Steward in 1908-09, Grand
Pursuivant in 1910-11, Grand Sword Bearer in 1912,
Grand Marshal in 1913, Junior Grand Deacon in 1914,
Senior Grand Deacon in 1915, elected Junior Grand
Warden in 1916, Senior Grand Warden in 1917, Deputy
Grand Master in 1918, and Grand Master in 1919. He
has been a member of the Committee on Masonic Juris-
prudence for a number of years, and, for several years,
acted as chairman of this committee.
In 1912 Mr. Grady visited Ireland, the home of his
ancestors, England, Scotland, France, Belgium, Germany,
Switzerland, Austria and Italy, In the fall of 1918,
at the request of Grand Master Norfleet, Mr. Grady
attended the Grand Master’s Conference at Cedar Rap-
ids, la., where he became a member of the committee
which drafted the constitution of the Masonic Service
Association of the United States which was adopted by
The Grand Lodge of North Carolina at its 1919 Communi-
cation.
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PROCEEDINGS
of the
GRAND LODGE
of Ancient, Free and. Accepted Masons
OF NORTH CAROLINA
The 132nd Annual Communication
Held at Raleigh, N. C.
January 2T22, 1919
RESS OF OXFORD ORPHANAGE
Grand Officers
A List of the Past Grand Masters of the Grand
Lodge of North Carolina from 1787 to 1918,
Inclusive, and Dates When Elected.
♦Samuel Johnston 1787
♦Richard Caswell 1788
♦Samuel Johnston__1789, ’90, ’91
*William R. Davie 1792, ’93,
1794, ’95, ’96, ’97, ’98
♦William Polk 1799, 1800, ’01
♦John Louis Taylor 1802, ’03, ’04
*John Hall 1805, ’06, ’07
♦Benjamin Smith -1808, ’09, ’10
♦Robert Williams__1811, ’12, ’13
♦John Louis Taylor 1814, ’15, ’16
♦Calvin Jones 1817, ’18, ’19
♦John A. Cameron 1820, ’21
♦James Strudwick Smith 1822
♦Robert Strange 1823, ’24
*H. G. Burton 1825, ’26
♦L. D. Wilson 1827, ’28, ’29
♦R. D. Speight, Jr 1830, ’31
*S. J. Baker 1832
*S. F. Patterson 1833, ’34
*L. H. Martseller 1835, ’36
*D. W. Stone 1837, ’38 ’39
♦S. J. Baker 1840
♦D. L. Crenshaw 1841
*J. H. Wheeler 1842, ’43
*P. W. Fanning__1844, ’45, ’46
*W. F. Collins 1847, ’48, ’49
*A. T. Jerkins 1850, ’51, 52
♦Clement H. Jordan 1853, ’54
*P. A. Holt 1855, ’56
♦Alfred Martin 1857, ’58
♦Lewis S. Williams 1859, ’60
*W. G. Hill 1861
*E. F. Watson 1862, ’63
♦John McCormick 1864
♦E. J. Reade 1865, ’66
*R. W. Best 1867
♦Robert B. Vance 1868, ’69
♦Charles C. Clark 1870, ’71
♦John Nichols 1872, ’73
♦George W. Blount __1874, ’75
♦Horace H. Munson __1876, ’77
William R. Cox 1878, ’79
♦Henry F. Grainger__1880, ’81
Robert Bingham_1882, ’83, ’84
♦Fabius H. Busbee 1885, ’86
*C. H. Robinson 1887, ’88
♦Samuel H. Smith __1889, ’90
♦Hezekiah A. Gudger_1891, ’92
John W. Cotten 1893, ’94
♦Francis M. Moye 1895, ’96
Walter E. Moore __1897, ’98
Richard J. Noble 1899
B. S. Royster 1900, ’01
H. 1. Clark 1902, ’03
W. S. Liddell 1904, ’05
Francis D. Winston_1906, ’07
Samuel M. Gattis 1908, ’09
Richard N. Hackett_1910, ’ll
W. B. McKoy 1912
*F. M. Winchester __ 1913
Jno. T. Alderman 1914
F. P. Hobgood, Jr 1915
A. B. Andrews, Jr 1916
Claude Leonard Pridgen_1917
George S. Norfleet 1918
Deceased.
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
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List of the Officers of the Grand Lodge of North
' Carolina for the Year Commencing
January, A. L. 5919
Elected Officers
M-'.W.'. Henry A. Grady Grand Master Clinton
R.'.W-'-Jas. C. Braswell .Deputy Grand Master ..Whitakers
R.'.W.'.J. Bailey Owen .Senior Grand Warden __ Henderson
R.'.W. '-James H. Webb .Junior Grand Warden — Hillsboro
R-'-W-’-Benj. R. Lacy Grand Treasurer Raleigh
R. '.W-'-Wm. W. Willson Grand Secretary Raleigh
Appointed Officers
Rev. Geo. M. Matthews .Grand Chaplain Clinton
Rev. J. E. Underwood __Asso. Grand Chaplain ..Raleigh
Rev. Leonard Gill Asso. Grand Chaplain __ Charlotte
Rev. John J. Hurt Asso. Grand Chaplain Wilmington
Rev. John S. Wood Asso. Grand Chaplain __ Spencer
Rev. J. S. Williams Asso. Grand Chaplain ..Asheville
Rev. R. M. Williams Asso. Grand Chaplain — Greensboro
W-'.R. F. Edwards Grand Lecturer Crumpler, R. 1
W.'.H. M. Poteat Senior Grand Deacon Wake Forest
W-'.J. LeG. Everett ....Junior Grand Deacon Rockingham
W.'.Leon Cash Grand Marshal Winston-Salem
W-'-John E. Cameron Grand Sword Bearer Kinston
W-'-W. S. Creighton Grand Pursuivant Charlotte
W-'.John J. Phoenix Grand Steward Greensboro
W-'.F. W. Kenny Grand Steward Biltmore
W-'-W. D. Terry Grand Tiler Raleigh
W-'-M. DeL. Haywood ..Grand Historian Raleigh
W-’.C. T. McGlenaghan .Assistant Gr. Secretary .Raleigh
W-'-G. V. Cowper Grand Orator Kinston
Board of General Purposes
John W. Cotten, P.G.M
S. M. Gattis, P.G.M. .
B. S. Royster, P.G.M.
F. D. Winston, P.G.M. .
J. T. Alderman, P.G.M
1920
1921
.1922
1923
1924
Grand Custodians
S. N. Boyce (1920) Gastonia
J. E. Cameron (1921) Kinston
Leon Cash (1922) Winston-Salem
Assistant Grand Lecturers
J. A. Alford ...
W. W. Holland
J. L. Nelson _
J. W. Patton
J. W. Rowell _
W. C. Wicker .
Morehead City
Charles
Marshall
Greensboro
Boiling Springs
Elon College
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Proceedings of the
Board of Directors Oxford Orphan Asylum
J. Bailey Owen (1920), B. S. Royster (1921), John W. Cotten
(1922), T. A. Green (1923), A. B. Andrews (1924).
Board of Directors Masonic and Eastern Star Home
William Anderson (1920), A. S. Holden (1920), John E. Cam-
eron (1920), F. W. Kenny (1921), J. J. Phoenix (1921), R. H,
Sykes (1921), J. E. Latham (1922), C. M. Vanstory (1923), E.
Sternberger (1923), L. M. Clymer (1924), George S. Norfleet
(1924).
Trustees Endowment Fund Masonic and Eastern Star Home
George S. Norfleet, C. M. Vanstory, L. M. Clymer.
District Deputy Grand Masters
District
No.
1
•J. W. Jones
South Mills
District
No.
2
-Stanley Winborne
Murfreesboro
District
No.
3 __
_Jas. H. Harris
Washington
District
No.
4 _ _
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Woodland
District
No.
5 ___
John H. Cheek
Ayden
District
No.
6 ___
_ -C. W. Pridgen
Kinston
District
No.
7
_H. T. Patterson
New Bern
District
No.
8 _
_ T. A. Windley
Trenton
District
No.
9 __
__C. M. Fairclo'th
Clinton
District
No.
10
_C. B. Newcomb
Wilmington
District
No.
11
_J. B. Sellars
Maxton
District
No.
12
H. M. Carter
Hamlet
District
No.
13 ___
__ _T. S. Cross . _
Sanford
District
No.
14
_J. W. Draughon
Dunn
District
No.
15 ___
C. T. McClenaghan
Raleigh
District
No.
16 -
_Geo. H. Wilkinson
Selma
District
No.
17
_H. E. Thompson
. - Stantonsburg
District
No.
18 __
_W. J. Tugwell
Fountain
District
No.
19 ___
J. Edward Allen
Warrenton
District
No.
20
_D. G. Brummitt
Oxford
District
No.
21 ___
-McBride Holt
Graham
District
No.
22 _
_A. J. Ellington
Reidsville
District
No.
23 ___
E. R. Ford
Greensboro
District
No.
24
District
No.
25 ___
_Jas. W. Payne
Spencer
District
No.
26 __
. .R. W. Lemmond
Monroe
District
No.
27 _
L. B. Yandell
Charlotte
District
No.
28 __
-Clyde C. Craig
Dallas
District
No.
29 __
__ _A. C. Payne
Taylorsville
District
No.
30 ___
P. T. Wilson
Winston-Salem
District
No.
31 „
_ __W. S. Reich
Elkin
District
No.
32 _
District
No.
33
. _ _W. H. Church
-Ronda
District
No.
34 _
J. K. Taylor
Furehes
District
No.
35 _
Jas. W. Horton
Vilas
District
No.
36 ..
T. W. Shuford
Hickory
District
No.
37
_J. F. Roberts
Shelby
District
No.
38 __
. C. M. Doyle
Brevard
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
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District No. 39
District No. 40
District No. 41
District No. 42
District No. 43
District No. 44
.James W. Grimes Asheville
.J. M. Peterson Spruce Pine
C. A. Clark Marshall
.J. L. Gibson Bryson City
,M. W. Bell Murphy
P. D. Sinclair Marion
PROCEEDINGS
Tuesday, January 21, 1919.
The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted
Masons, of North Carolina, convened in its one hun-
dred and thirty-second Annual Communication in the
hall of the Masonic Temple, in the city of Raleigh, on
Tuesday evening, January 21, 1919, at 7 :30 o’clock,
and was opened in ample form, M.’.W.’. George S. Nor-
fleet, Grand Master, presiding, it appearing that a con-
stitutional number of Lodges was represented.
Prayer by Rev. H. A. Brown, D.D., Grand Chaplain.
GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT
M.’.W. '.George S. Norfleet Grand Master
R.’.W.'. Henry A. Grady Deputy Grand Master
R.'.W.'. James C. Braswell Senior Grand Warden
.R.’.W.’.J. Bailey Owen Junior Grand Warden
R.’.W. ’.Benjamin R. Lacy Grand Treasurer
R.’.W. '.William W. Willson Grand Secretary
APPOINTED officers
Rev. H. A. Brown, D.D. Grand Chaplain
Rev. J. E. Underwood, D.D. _ Associate Grand Chaplain
Rev. Leonard Gill Associate Grand Chaplain
W.'.R. F. Edwards Grand Lecturer
W.’.J. S. Spurgeon Senior Grand Deacon
W.'.H. M. Poteat Junior Grand Deacon
W.'.J. LeGrand Everett Grand Marshal
W.’.Leon Cash Grand Sword Bearer
W. ’ . John E. Cameron Grand Pursuivant
W.'.W. S. Creighton CGrand Steward
W.'.C. M. Vanstory Grand Steward
W.’.W. D. Terry Grand Tiler
W. '.Marshall DeLancey Haywood Grand Historian
W.'.C. T. McClenaghan Assistant Grand Secretary
W.'. Richard T. Gowan Grand Auditor
GRAND CUSTODIANS
Leon Cash
S. N. Boyce __
J. E. Cameron
Winston-Salem
Gastonia
Kinston
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Proceedings of the
ASSISTANT GRAND LECTURERS
J. W. Alford .
J. L. Nelson .
J. W. Patton
J. W. Rowell
W. C. Wicker
_Morehead City
Marshall
Greensboro
Boiling Springs
Elon College
PAST GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT
Walter E. Moore, P.G.M.; Richard J. Noble, P.G.M.; B. S.
Royster, P.G.M.; W. S. Liddell, P.G.M. ; Francis D. Winston, P.
G.M.; Samuel M. Gattis, P.G.M. ; Richard N. Hackett, P.G.M. ;
F. P. Hobgood, Jr., P.G.M.; A. B. Andrews, P.G.M.
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS PRESENT
District
No.
1
_J. W. Jones
South Mills
District
No.
5
_ John II. Cheek
Ayden
District
No.
7 ___
J. W. Alford
Morehead City
District
No.
11
_J. B. Sellars
Maxton
District
No.
16
_Geo. H. Wilkinson
Selma
District
No.
17
H. E. Thompson
Stantonsburg
District
No.
19
J. Edward Allen
Warrenton
District
No.
25 ___
James W. Payne
Spencer
District
No.
26
R. W. Lemmond
Monroe
District
No.
27
L. B. Yandell
Charlotte
District
No.
30
P. T. Wilson
Winston-Salem
District
No.
31
W. S. Reich
Elkin
District
No.
34
. R. F. Edwards
Grumpier, R. 1
District
No.
38
R. M. Oates
Hendersonville
District
No.
44
J. B. Carpenter
. Rutherfordton
REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER GRAND LODGES NEAR THE
GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Alabama
Florida
Idaho
Illinois
Maine
Maryland
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Dakota
South Dakota
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia .
Wisconsin
S. M. Gattis Hillsboro
R. N. Hackett Wilkesboro
Walter Clark Raleigh
P. T. Wilson Winston-Salem
-_A. S. Holden Wilmington
M. DeLancey Haywood -Raleigh
,F. D. Winston Windsor
F. P. Hobgood, Sr. Oxford
W. E. Moore Webster
. Joshua P. Pillsbury Raleigh
R. L. Brown Oxford
George S. Norfleet Winston-Salem
J. C. Braswell Whitakers
A. B. Andrews Raleigh
_.J. E. Cameron Kinston
C. T. McClenaghan Raleigh
W. W. Willson Raleigh
__I. LeGrand Everett Rockingham
__B. S. Royster Oxford
R. J. Noble Selma
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
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Canada
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Queensland
Cuba
England
Ireland
New Zealand
.H. M. Poteat Wake Forest
R. L. Brown Oxford
J. Bailey Owen Henderson
.W. S. Creighton Charlotte
.George S. Norfleet Winston-Salem
.H. E. Thompson Stantonsburg
.F. W. Kenny Biltmore
.J. G. Allen Raleigh
F. P. Hobgood, Jr. Greensboro
Bro. A. S. Holden, Chairman of the Committee on
Credentials, presented the following report. On motion,
the reading of it was dispensed with, and it was recom-
mitted with instruction to record the names of the rep-
resentatives as they presented themselves.
St. John’s No. 1__F. M. Holly, S. W., proxy for J. W.;
A. S. Holden, proxy for W. M.
St. John’s No. 3__Harry T. Patterson, W. B. Jones,'
proxy for officers.
St. John’s No. 4 R. E. Cox, proxy for W. M.; R. B.
Dunn, proxy for S. W.; E. I. Hatch-
er, J. W.
Charity No. 5_ -Francis D. Winston, proxy for officers.
Phoenix No. 8__J- H. Anderson, proxy for officers
Johnston-Caswell No. 10__J- Edward Allen, proxy for officers.
Phalanx No. 31__W. S. Creighton, proxy for S. W.;
Wm, E. Cullinford, proxy for J. W.;
Horace Davis, proxy for W. M.
Stokes No. 32 W. Lee Watson, W. M.
Hiram _ No. 40__A. B. Goetz, W. M.; W. R. Trull,
S. W.; Chas. S. Perry, J. W.
Hall No. 53_-H. M. Cox, J. W., proxy for W. M. and
S. W.
Perseverance No. 59 J. W. Darden, representative.
Eagle No. 71 J. S. Spurgeon, proxy for W. M.; C.
A. McDade, J. W.
Widow’s Son No. 75 S. B. Seymour, W. M.
Greensboro No. 76 L. M. Clymer, proxy for S. W.; Ralph
G. Sykes, W. M.
Sharon No. 78__Wyatt Brown, proxy for officers.
Skewarkee No. 90__W. C. Manning, W. M.; Henry D. Tay-
lor, proxy for S. W.; F. K. Hodges,
proxy for J. W.
Western Star No. 91__J. B. Carpenter, proxy for officers.
Joseph Warren No. 92__J. H. Jenkins, W. M.; H. E. Thomp-
son, proxy for S. W. and J. W.
Jerusalem No. 95 (R. C. Rouse, proxy for officers.
Neuse No. 97 B. C. Bullock, W. M.; R. H. Ferguson,
S. W.
Fulton No. 99__W. H. Crowder, proxy for officers.
Columbus No. 102__W. L. Johnson, proxy for officers.
Orr No. 104 W. Scott Frizzle, proxy for W. M.
Belmont No. 108__A. R. Hicks, W. M.
Franklin No. 109__P. B. Loftin, proxy for officers.
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Proceedings of the
Wayne
St. Albans’
Holly Springs —
Mount Lebanon
Mount Hermon
Franklinton
Gatesville
Blackmer
Radiance
Mocksville
Leaksville
Lincoln
Palmyra
Scotch-Ireland
White Stone
Rolesville
Mt. Pleasant
Knap of Reeds
Winston
Geo. Washington-
Sandy Creek
Cary
Roanoke
Berea
Long Creek
Mingo
Eno
William G. Hill
No. 112__U. M. Gilliken, proxy for J. W.; M.
M. Epstein, proxy for S. W.; A.
R. Morgan, W. M.
No. 114__L. R. Stevens, proxy for officers.
No. 115 C. H. Collins, S. W.
. No. 117__Bames Daniel, proxy for W. M.; G.
J. Evans, proxy for S. W.; Edward
S. Taylor, proxy for J. W.
No. 118--J. W. McRary, proxy for W. M. and
J. W.; E. E. Galer, S. W.
No. 123 — P. P. Purnell, proxy for W. M.; G.
R. Moye, proxy for S. W.
No. 126__W. T. Cross, proxy for officers.
No. 127__Walter Haywood, S. W. and proxy
for W. M. and J. W.
No. 132 — B. W. Edwards, W. M.; T. E. Barrow,
S. W.; J. T. Dixon, J. W.
No. 134 — S. 0. Rick, proxy for officers, and J.
L. Seheek.
No. 136__Harvey Joyce, W. M.
No. 137 — I. R. Self, W. M.; Harry Page, S. W.;
R. S. Reinhart, proxy for J. W.
No. 147__Geo. M. Floyd, proxy for J. W.; Jno.
W. Draughan, S. W.
. No. 154__W. S. Frizzle, proxy for W. M.; R.
L. Jones, S. W.; E. L. Stewart, J.
w.
. No. 155— N. D. Medlin, S. W.;— Clark, W. M.
No. 156__W. A. Williams, J. W., proxy for W.
M. and S. W.
No. 157_ _J. I). R. Allen, proxy for officers.
. No. 158 W. W. Umstead, S. W.; proxy for
S. W. and J. W.
No. 167— R. D. Shore, proxy for S. W.
_No. 174— Wm. Webster and Jack Horton, proxy
for W. M. and S. W.; J. R. Las-
ter, J. W.
No. 185— C. E. Gupton, W. M.
No. 198— R. 0. Heater, proxy for W. M. and
J. W.; J. H. Ellington, proxy for
S. W.
No. 203_ _A. B. Stainback, proxy for W. M.
and S. W.; C. R. Emery, J. W.
No. 204 C. A. Daniel, W. M.; A. W. Cannady,
S. W.; R. H. Gooch, J. W.
No. 205 Wm. E. Cullingford, proxy for offi-
CGI’S
No. 206— S. D. ’Hawley, W. M.; D. M. Willi-
ford, proxy for S. W.; S. R. Nay-
lor, proxy for J. W.
No. 210- _W. R. Lyon, proxy for officers.
No. 218— Wm. L. Beasley, W. M.; C. A. Mat-
thews, S. W.; Jas. A. Briggs, Jr.;
J. W.
No. 229 R. C. Gary, W. M.; Gideon Lamb, Jr.,
proxy for J. W.
Henderson
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
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Corinthian No. 230 John Benton and L. L. Gravely, proxy
for officers.
Anchor No. 234 — S. L. Watts, proxy for W. M.; J. M.
Britt, J. W.
Atlantic No. 238__J. W. Jones, proxy for officers.
Wiccacon No. 240 W. W. Willson, proxy for officers.
Rountree No. 243 J. E. Cameron, proxy for officers.
Monroe No. 244 — C. D. Roberts, W. M.; A. W. McCall,
proxy for J. W.
Catawba No. 248 W. A. Reinhart, proxy for officers.
Lee No. 253__E. W. Moose, S. W.
Kenly No. 257__G. W. Watson, W. M.; Joe Roper, J.
W.
Excelsior No. 261__B. S. Look, proxy for W. M. and J.
W.; Leonard Gill, S. W.
Hibriten No. 262 Horace Sisk, proxy for S. W.
Gaston No. 263 J. P. Hoffman, proxy for officers.
Durbin No. 266 H. A. Williams, W. M.
Dunn’s Rock No. 267__C. M. Doyle, proxy for officers.
Unaka No. 268__0. B. Coward, W. M., proxy for offi-
cers.
Watauga No. 273__W. L. Trivett, S. W.; E. F. Lovill,
proxy for J. W.
Green Level No. 277 — J. C. Kelly, S. W.; E. T. Mills, J. W.
Wake Forest No. 282__J. M. Brewer, W. M.; E. W. Timber-
lake, Jr., S. W.; I. 0. Jones, J. W.
Salem No. 289 C. R. Fogle, W. M.; E. Denny, S. W.;
H. M. Brandon, proxy for J. W.
French Broad No. 292 J. L. Nelson, proxy for officers.
Stonewall No. 296__J. A. Coffield, S. W.; H. L. Taylor,
proxy for J. W.
Pleasant Hill No. 304 W. R. Gooding, W. M.
Patterson No. 307 C. G. McClenaghan, proxy for offi-
cers.
Hatcher No. 310__J. I. Boykins, proxy for officers.
King Solomon No. 313__Wm. E. Graham, W. M.; R. P. Roach,
proxy for J. W. and S. W.
New Lebanon No. 314 J. W. Jones, proxy for officers.
Selma No. 320 — G. H. Wilkinson, proxy for W. M.
and J. W.
White Hill No. 321 H. A. Mathews, J. W.; proxy for S.
W.
Falling Creek No. 325__J. J. Hollowell, W. M.
Bayboro No. 331__W. D. Alfred, W. M.
Harmony No. 340__J. E. Combs, S. W. ; F. J. Jones, J.
W.; C. B. McCandler, proxy for
W. M.
Hickory No. 343 J. W. Shuford, proxy for S. W. and
J. W.
Numa F. Reid No. 344 W, H. Rogan, proxy for officers.
Durham No. 352 J. W. Chandler, proxy for W. M.; D.
A. Morris, proxy for J. W.
East La Porte No. 558_ -Willard Wike, W. M.
Mount Vernon No. 359 C. E. Briton, W. M.; R. L. Woodward,
proxy for S. W.
Snow No. 363 J. B. Horton, proxy for officers.
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Gastonia No. 369 — W. Y. Warren, proxy for officers.
Mars Hill No. 370„ C. L. Samms, proxy for officers.
Elk No. 373— J. W. Barlow, W. M.
Campbell No. 374— E. M. Sentman, proxy for officers.
State Line No. 375— T. P. Price, proxy for officers.
Youngsville No. 377— B. G. Mitchell, proxy for W. M. and
S. W.
Kedron , No. 387— R. M. Oates, proxy for W. M. and
S. W.; B. Jackson, proxy for J. W.
Mooresboro No. 388 — W. B. Martin, W. M.; proxy for offi-
CGI’S.
Lebanon No. 391 — W. W. Bishop, T. B. Williams and A.
A. Davis, proxy for officers.
Tally Ho No. 393— W. W. Willson, proxy for officers.
Cape Fear No. 394 — Nathan Ledwell, W. M.
Orient No. 395__Dr. W. D. MacMillan, proxy for offi-
CGI’S
Oxford No. 396__M. F. Hill, proxy for W. M.; M. F.
Hill, proxy for S. W.; B. W. Par-
ham, proxy for J. W.
Centre No. 398 — J. L. Nelson, proxy for officers.
Ocean No. 405__J. W. Alford, proxy for officers.
Ivy No. 406— F. W. Kenny, proxy for officers.
Liberty Grove No. 407--J. C. Wallace, J. W., prox for W. M.
and S. W.
University No. 408__E. P. Ellington, proxy for W. M.;
H. D. Williams, S. W.
Rockville No. 411__C. H. Whitley, J. W., proxy for offi-
ccrs.
Louisburg No. 413__F. W. Hicks, W. M.
Maxton No. 417--J. B. Sellars, proxy for W. M. and
S. W.
Sparta No. 423— R. A. Doughton, proxy for officers.
Oconee No. 427— K. E. Bennett, W. M., proxy for offi-
CGI’S.
Relief No. 431— Ezra Parker, W. M.; W. H. Royall,
proxy for S. W.; W. F. Smith, J.
W.
King’s Creek No. 432— R. F. Edwards, proxy for officers.
Marietta No. 444__E. J. Steed, W. M.
Biltmore No. 446__F. W. Kenny, proxy for officers.
Elkin No. 454__W. S. Reich, W. M.; T. G. Tivette,
J. W. and proxy for officers.
Rusk No. 456 B. R. Chaney, W. M.
Dillsboro No. 459 Oscar Cowart, proxy for officers.
South Fork No. 462__W. I. Warren, proxy for officers.
Boiling Springs -- No. 464__J. W. Rowell, W. M.
Qulf No. 465— M. J. Jordan, proxy for officers.
Healing Springs No. 467__R. F. Edwards, proxy for officers.
Scotland Neck ___ No. 470— R. D. Jenkins, proxy for officers.
Grassy Knob No. 471— S. C. Davis, S. W. and proxy for offi-
cers.
Grimesland No. 475— J. C. Galloway, W. M.; J. L. Wil-
liams, S. W.
Big Lick No. 476— Ellis Burris, W. M.
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Rainbow
Saluda
Trap Hill
Statesville
Hominy
Mooresville
Ayden
Raleigh
Red Springs
Buie’s Creek
Luke McGlaughan
Cherryville
Lattimore
Lone Hickory
Sylva
Aulander
Widow’s Son
Wanchese
Warsaw
Winterville
Pendleton
Rodgers
Lucarna
Joppa
State Road
Parkton
Corinthian
Spencer
Shelmerdine
Maysville
Revolution
Zephyr
Vesper
.Neill S. Stuart —
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No. 479— K. S. Rose, S. W.; L. G. Westburk,
J. W.
No. 482—C. M. Doyle, proxy for officers.
No. 483 W. W. Willson, proxy for officers.
No. 487—E. M. Sentman, S. W., proxy for W.
M. and J. W.
No. 491 R. E. Currence, proxy for officers.
No. 496— M. W. White, W. M.
No. 498_ -John Check, W. M., proxy for S. W.;
T. R. Allen, proxy for J. W.
No. 500_ _A. Wray White, W. M.; C. A. Allen,
S. W.; W. S. Cox, J. W.
No. 501_. J. H. Hodgin, proxy for officers.
No. 503— Wm. Hatcher, W. M.; R. B. Crowder,
proxy for J. W.
No. 504— Frank L. Howard, J. W.
No. 505— W. S. Sellers, proxy for W. M.; Da-
vid P. Dellinger, proxy for S. W.
and J. W.
No. 508— T. P. Gold, P. M., proxy for officers.
No. 512— Dr. Chas. G. Bryant, proxy for offi-
cers.
No. 513— Walter E. Moore, P. G. M., proxy for
officers.
No. 516— W. N. Modlin, S. W.
No. 519— Wm. Towe, proxy for W. M.
No. 521 — B. G. Crisp, proxy for S. W.; S. C.
Tillett, proxy for W. M.
No. 522— R- M. Browder, W. M.; D. H. Brid-
gers, S. W.; H. L. Boyett, J. W.
No. 523— W. B. Wingate, proxy for officers.
No. 524— J- B. Stevenson, S. W.
No. 525 H. R. Knight, proxy for S. W. and
J. W.
No. 527— J- B. Terrell, W. M.; A. C. Capps,
proxy for S. W.; G. H. Newsom,
proxy for J. W.
No. 530— J- B. Carpenter, J. W. and proxy for
W. M.; L. E. Weightman, proxy
for S. W.
No. 540— W. S. Reich, proxy for officers.
No. 541— A. A. Wright, S. W., proxy for W. M.
and J. W.
No. 542 P. P. Turner, W. M.
No. 543— Jas. W. Payne, W. M.; E. C. Walker.
proxy for S. W.; M. D. Stewart,
J. W.
No. 545— L. A. Stocks, P. M.,' proxy for offi-
cers.
No. 547— A. C. Foscue, W. M. and proxy for
officers.
No. 552— S. Sternberger, W. M.
No. 553„ J. M. Key, W. M.
No. 554_ _Dr. J. M. Peterson, W. M.
No. 556— Jas. H. WTebb, proxy for officers.
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Tabor No. 563__W. C. Graham, D. J. Hughes, proxy
for officers.
Richlands , No. 564__S. W. Gresham, proxy for officers.
Snow Creek No. 571--W. W. Holland, proxy for officers.
Andrew Jackson__ No. 576 — John S. Wood, proxy for officers.
Summit No. 580__R. F. Edwards, proxy for officers.
Ionic No. 583__J. J. Lane, P. M., proxy for officers.
Apex ; No. 584__E. E. Holleman, proxy for S. W. and
J. W.; J. B. Maynard, W. M.
Roseboro No. 585__L. F. Bullard, M. T. Owen, proxy for
officers.
Evening Star No. 588__Dr. B. C. Johnson, W. M.
Lowell No. 590__W. Y. Warren, proxy for officers.
Queen City No. 602__G. T. Matthews, proxy for J. W.
River Side No. 606 J. W. Long, proxy for officers.
Chadbourn No. 607__C. W. Hughes, proxy for W. M.; D.
W. Hughes, S. W.; C. D. Koonce,
proxy for J. W.
Zebulon No. 609__G. S. Barber, S. W.; L. M. Gould, J.
W.
Glendon No. 610 M. E. Street, proxy for S. W. and J.
W.
Atkinson No. 612 Geo. D. Flynn, proxy for officers.
Home No. 613__F. M. Watson, W. M.; 0. M. Davis,
J. W. ; C. D. Hooks, proxy for S.
W.
John H. Mills No. 624__E. N. Williams, W. M.; H. L. Stokes,
proxy for S. W.; J. E. Collins, proxy
for J. W.
Belmont No. 627__W. A. Dixon, ,J. W.; Chas. H. Sloan,
proxy for W. M. and S. W.
Perfection No. 628__John H. Watson, proxy for officers.
Walnut Cove No. 629__0. N. Petree, proxy for officers.
Norlina No. 630__J. Edward Allen, proxy for officers.
Bailey No. 633__L. R. Finch, proxy for W. M.; R. M.
Meacomes, proxy for S. W.; E. J.
High, proxy for J. W.
Goldsboro No. 634__R. N. Stevens, proxy for officers.
Mill Springs No. 636__C. M. Doyle, proxy for officers.
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Grand Master’s Address
The Grand Master delivered the following address,
which was referred to the Board of General Purposes:
Brethren of The Grand Lodge of North Carolina.
It gives me much pleasure to welcome you to this,
the 132nd Annual Communication of The Grand Lodge
of North Carolina. We are meeting today with condi-
tions vastly different from what they were one year
ago. At that time Grand Master Pridgen appeared
before you in the uniform of our country, represent-
ing, as it were, the vast number of our Fraternity who
also had answered their country’s call and had gone
out to fight for the freedom and liberty of mankind.
The horrors of war were being felt all over the world
and men were beginning to wonder whether or not civili-
zation was a thing of the past. Millions of men still
believed, however, in the Fatherhood of God and the
Brotherhood of Man and knew that right must finally
overcome might and that victory must soon be the re-
ward of those who were seeking to do justice to all the
world. And so, today, as we meet we are indeed happy
that the Dogs of War have been chained once more, that
victory has come to the cause of the Allies and of our
own dear America, and that we firmly believe a lasting
and righteous peace will soon be given to all the world.
I wish I had the words to tell you of the valiant deeds
done by the Soldier Masons of North Carolina, who have
helped to win this victory, but an eloquent tongue is not
mine and time also forbids the recounting of their many
deeds of bravery and valor. Historians of the future will
record the deeds done by our Brethren and we will be
proud of them. Let us pause a moment with bowed
heads and with hearts overflowing with love and sym-
pathy in honor of those of our number who have made
the supreme sacrifice in the great struggle just passed,
and have “gone west,’’ over the hills, into the realm of a
glorious eternity. All honor to their memory and thanks
to God that they did not die in vain.
When you elected me to the high office of Grand Master
one year ago, I realized that the task before me was a hard
one and seriously doubted my ability to do the work aa
it should be done, because my training had been along
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other lines. For some twelve years or more each Grand
Master who had preceded me has been a professional
man, able and accustomed to making addresses that
would tend to stir their Brethren to greater activity ;
most of them have been possessed with legal training so
that they might more easily interpret the laws of The
Grand Lodge of North Carolina, so that you will see that,
being nothing more than a business man, I have been
seriously handicapped in some respects in carrying on
the work of the Grand Lodge during the past year, but
I have done the best I could, with the able assistance of
our splendid Grand Secretary and Past Grand Masters
and other prominent Masons, from whom I have asked
advice.
I now come to give an account of my stewardship
during the past year, and I trust you will cast the broad
mantle of charity over my mistakes, which have, no
doubt, been many, but I tell you that I have tried to do
the things that would tend to promote the welfare of the
Masons of North Carolina.
While we have much to be thankful for, yet our hearts
are saddened today because of the fact that two of the
most beloved of our members have gone from us for a
little while.
ROBERT H. BRADLEY
Robert H. Bradley, Grand Tiler of the Grand Lodge
for thirty-two years, was called to his reward on May 17,
1918. He was faithful in the discharge of every trust
imposed upon him. He was a courteous, Christian
gentlemen, a devoted husband and father.
He was, no doubt, the most beloved man in The Grand
Lodge of North Carolina at the time of his death, and
his kindly smile and hearty handshake at the outer door
will be greatly missed during this and future years.
SAMUEL H. SMITH
Samuel H. Smith, Grand Master during the years of
1889-1890, was called by The Supreme Architect of the
Universe into his reward on October 27, 1918, after a
long illness of many months. He lived the principles of
true Masonry. Kind, courteous and generous, he loved
his fellowman and especially his Brethren. He wielded
a wonderful influence in this Grand Lodge and I believe
that he knew more men in North Carolina than almost
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any other man connected with the Grand Lodge. One
of the most beautiful tributes ever paid to Brother Smith
was by Past Grand Lecturer Chas. F. Bahnson, when
he dedicated to him the North Carolina Lodge manual,
now in use in this Grand Jurisdiction. No greater tribute
of love could have been paid one Brother Mason by an-
other.
The Committee on Necrology will pay further tribute
to these distinguished Brethren.
The Grim Reaper has also invaded many of the sub-
ordinate Lodges of this Grand Jurisdiction during the
past year and Masonry has given up, for a while, some
of her best and brightest men ; but let us remember that
life for these is just beginning in an eternity where they
may serve their Maker while time continues to be.
I also ask you to join me in paying our respects to the
fraternal dead of our Sister Grand Jurisdictions:
British Columbia —
James Stark, Past Grand Master, Grand Representative of
The Grand Lodge of North Carolina near The Grand Lodge
of British Columbia, died November 21, 1918.
Colorado —
George D. Kennedy, Past Grand Master, died January 26,
1918.
Indiana —
Edward O’Rouke, Past Grand Master, died July 5, 1918.
Kentucky — •
Charles Anton Gipe, Grand Tiler, died May 30, 1918.
Louisiana —
Charles Francis Buck, Past Grand Master, died January 19,
1918.
Maine —
Augustus Bowman Farnham, Past Grand Master, died Janu-
ary 14, 1918.
Henry Robert Taylor, Past Grand Master, died October 6,
1918.
Manitoba —
John McKechnie, Past Grand Master, died May 30, 1918.
Maryland —
Thomas Jacob Shryock, Grand Master, died in March, 1918.
Minnesota —
W. Hayes Laird, Past Grand Master, died October 3, 1918.
Nebraska —
Frank Henry Orcutt Young, Past Grand Master, died Decem-
ber 24, 1917.
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Nevada —
Enoch Strother, Past Grand Master, died July 17, 1918.
Nova Scotia —
Lewis B. Archibald, Past Grand Master, died February 10,
1918.
Oregon —
Henry B. Thielson, Past Grand Master, died April 7, 1918.
Septimus Stoven Spencer, Past Grand Master, died July 16,
1918.
Frank A. Moore, Past Grand Master, died September 15, 1918.
Thomas Gray, Past Grand Master, died August 24, 1918.
Wm. Thomas Wright, Past Grand Master, died December
11, 1917.
South Dakota —
Samuel Augustine Brown, Past Grand Master, died February
5, 1917.
Texas —
John P. Bell, Past Grand Master, died April 3, 1918.
Utah—
Louis Leroy Baker, Deputy Grand Master, died October 1,
1918
Louis Cohn, Grand Master, died July 2, 1918.
Washington - —
Joseph A. Kuhn, Past Grand Master, died October 4, 1918.
SOLDIER MASONS’ WELFARE WORK
Acting upon the authority contained in the resolution
of Bro. R. C. Dunn, adopted at the last meeting of the
Grand Lodge, relative to the establishment of a Masonic
club house at Camp Sevier, I immediately conferred with
the Grand Masters of South Carolina and Tennessee, and
a conference was arranged to be held in Greenville on
March 2nd, a report of which I herewith submit:
PROCEEDINGS OF CONFERENCE IN GREENVILLE, S. C., MARCH 2, 1918
Pursuant to a request from the Masons in Camp Sevier from
three States, George S. Norfleet and William W. Wannamaker,
Grand Masters of North and South Carolina, respectively, met
at Greenville, S. C., on the second day of March, 1918. The
Grand Master of Tennessee expected to attend this conference,
but on account of sickness could not be present.
Representatives of Masons from Camp Sevier, both officers
and enlisted men, and a committee of Masons from the city of
Greenville were present at this meeting.
These Brethren made it conclusively appear that to awaken
and maintain interest in Masonry and to promote the fraternal
feeling among the Masons in camp, it would be necessary to
have a club house and Lodge room, wherein they could assemble
for social intercourse and instruction, where Masonic degrees
could be conferred by courtesy, and where the Masons in camp
could meet to be addressed and instructed in Masonry by dis-
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tinguished members of the Craft from the several Grand Juris-
dictions. A Brother Mason, owning very considerable property
immediately adjacent to the military reservations, offered to
donate a suitable lot upon which to erect this building.
After a full discussion and thorough consideration of all
the needs of our soldier Brethren, and after visiting the camp
and the site offered, the Grand Masters of North and South
Carolina gave their unqualified endorsement of the project and
pledged themselves to raise the necessary funds by appealing to
the Craft in their different jurisdictions.
In order to perfect these plans and carry out these purposes,
the Grand Masters of North and South Carolina appointed the
following com mittee :
Major Claude L. Pridgen, Past Grand Master of North Caro-
lina.
Sergt. J. H. Mitchell, Master of Army Lodge A.
George T. Bryan, Past Grand Master of South Carolina.
E. M. Blythe, Master Recovery Lodge.
John M. Holmes, Senior Deacon Recovery Lodge.
And two soldiers from Camp Sevier to be appointed by the
Grand Master of Tennessee.
Any three members of the committee to constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business. The general supervision is to
be retained by the several Grand Masters interested and all
funds to be expended on their order and full returns of pro-
ceedings and expenditures to be made to them.
Authority is given to this committee to commence the work
at Camp Sevier at once. The Grand Masters of North and
South Carolina are determined to inaugurate a similar work at
the other camps at which members of their Craft are stationed,
as soon as conditions warrant it.
It is distinctly understood that the work herein undertaken
will not interfere in any way with other welfare work at these
camps, but is intended to supplement and assist them in such
work.
(Signed) Geo. S. Norfleet, Grand Master.
The Grand Lodge of North Carolina, A. F. & A. M.
Wm. W. Wannamaker, Grand Master
The Grand Lodge of A. F. M. of South Carolina.
The plans were carried out and the building was e-
rected and furnished at a total cost of $6,280.00, of which
The Grand Lodge of North Carolina contributed $3,140.-
00. The building was dedicated on Wednesday even-
ing, April 17, 1918, at 7 :30 o’clock, and it was my pleas-
ure to be present, along with the Grand Master of South
Carolina and a number of prominent Masons from both
Grand Jurisdictions. A Masonic club was later organized
and was kept open at all times, and all regular Masons, re-
gardless of where they were from, had free access to and
use of it. A custodian resided there and two prominent
Y. M. C. A. men, who were also Masons, co-operated
with him in making everything attractive for the men.
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Members from the Eastern Star from Greenville also in-
terested themselves and gave entertainments from time
to time for the Masons from the camp.
It was my privilege to visit Camp Sevier several
times and I feel sure that the work which we did was
well worth all of the time and money put into it. It not
only furnished, for the time being, a Lodge room lor
Army Lodge A, but it furnished a place where the de-
grees of Symbolic Masonry could be conferred by cour-
tesy upon all duly elected, and a place where the Breth-
ren could gather for Masonic study and social inter-
course.
There was splendid co-operation between the Masons
of North and South Carolina in carrying on this work
and it was indeed a pleasure to be connected with it.
The Grand Lodge, having appropriated only $500.00
for the work and having no funds from which to draw the
further amount necessary, but being authorized by the
resolution to carry out the project, I issued an appeal to
the Masons of North Carolina to contribute a sum equal
to twenty-five cents per capita for the “Soldier Masons’
Welfare Fund.” My plan was submitted to the Board
of General Purposes and approved by them. Up to this
time, the total amount contributed is $3,121.14. All of
this money was paid into the Grand Secretary’s hands
and he has turned it over to the Grand Treasurer. I at-
tach hereto a copy of my appeal and I ask that the Grand
Secretary incorporate in the minutes of this Annual Com-
munication an itemized statement of the receipts of this
fund by Lodges.
Winston-Salem, N. C. May 3, 1918.
To the Master, Wardens and Members of Each Subordinate Lodge
Under the Jurisdiction of The Grand Lodge of North Carolina,
A F. & A. M. :
Brethren : At the last Annual Communication of the Grand
Lodge of North Carolina, held last January, Army Lodge A,
working among the North Carolina troops of the 113th Field Ar-
tillery, located at Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C., was given its
charter, and the Grand Master was authorized to solicit the co-
operation of the Grand Masters of South Carolina and Tennes-
see, and to take such steps as were necessary to erect, for the use
of this Army Lodge and all other Soldier Masons at Camp Sevier,
a Masonic club house. The sum of $500.00 was appropriated to
this work.
On March 2nd, your Grand Master and the Grand Master of
South Carolina met in Greenville, S. C., and went carefully over
the entire situation, and the report of our conference is printed
herewith. The building is now completed, being a substantial
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frame structure about 40 x 80 feet, two stories high. The first
floor will be used as a club house for the Masons in camp, and
the second floor is a Lodge room for the use of Army Lodge
A or any other Army Lodges which may later be located at
Camp Sevier. It will also be used by the Lodges of Greenville
when conferring degrees, by courtesy, on candidates among the
soldiers. Having a Lodge room in the building was possible,
because it is not on the government reservation; at the same
time, it is most conveniently located and almost in the center
of the entire camp.
The total cost of the building alone was $4,000.00, and, as
The Grand Lodge of Tennessee has not yet indicated its will-
ingness to assist in this enterprise, we must bear the cost of
it equally with The Grand Lodge of South Carolina. (We are
trying to get The Grand Lodge of Tennessee to provide the
necessary furnishings for the building, and we hope to be suc-
cessful.) As no funds are available for this project, except the
$500.00 appropriation, I must look to the Masons of North Caro-
lina to provide the necessary amount for this and other wel-
fare work in the camps; therefore, I earnestly request that
each and every member of the subordinate Lodges contribute
the sum of not less than 25 cents in order that I may
carry out the wishes of our Grand Lodge in this splendid under-
taking. This plan has the hearty and unanimous approval of
the Board of General Purposes.
To raise a per capita contribution of 25 cents for our entire
membership, those who are able to do so should make their gift
larger, as it will be hard to reach every member of every Lodge
in so short a time. It is the privilege of each Lodge to raise its
quota in its own way, but my suggestion is, that a committee be
appointed by the Worshipful Master to take charge of the work
and do it promptly.
Similar work to that at Camp Sevier will be started at other
camps where North Carolina Soldier Masons are in training, as
soon as conditions justify.
Let this letter be read at your next Stated Communication,
and let each of us remember, that what we are now asked to
do for our Brethren, in order to give them a little fraternity
life while in the camps, is as nothing compared with what they
are about to do for us and for our loved ones.
Forward the money from your Lodge promptly to W. W.
Willson, Grand Secretary, Raleigh, N. C., and mark your remit-
tance “Soldier Masons’ Welfare Fund.”
Thanking you in advance for a hearty response to this call,
and with all good wishes, I am
Fraternally yours,
George S. Norfleet,
Attest: Grand Master.
W. W. Willson, Grand Secretary.
It was a matter of sincere regret that the Grand Mas-
ter of Tennessee, largely on account of his opposition to
Army Lodges, could not see his way clear to join with
the Grand Master of South Carolina and myself in the
plans carried out at Camp Sevier.
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I here submit a report recently received from the
Board of Trustees, which had direct supervision over
the work at Camp Sevier:
Greenville, S. C., Dec. 6, 1918.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Masters of the Grand Lodges of
Ancient Free Masons of North and South Carolina:
When the National Guard troops from Tennessee, North Car-
olina and South Carolina were mobilized at Camp Sevier for
preparatory training, which was to culminate in smashing the
Hindenburg Line at St. Quentin, the Masonic bodies of Green-
ville, S. C., found that the Masons in the division numbered
many hundreds, including Past Grand Master Pridgen of North
Carolina, and that dozens of soldiers wished to take or com-
plete their Masonic degrees before leaving for France.
This work was done by courtesy of the Greenville Lodges,
but in many cases the soldiers were unable to get a pass or
notice failed to reach them regarding the special meetings. It
was also difficult to get a central point in the camp where in-
struction could be given and many men were not properly pre-
pared for advancement. The Grand Lodge of North Carolina
had granted a charter to Army Lodge A and they had no place
to meet except the Masonic Hall in Greenville, which courtesy
was cheerfully granted.
In view of these conditions, a call was issued to the Grand
Lodges of Tennessee, North and South Carolina to finance the
erection of a Masonic club building near the camp reserva-
tion, where communications could be held, instruction given, and
social and club features offered the Masonic soldiers. Grand
^Master Norfleet, of North Carolina; Grand Master Wannamaker,
of South Carolina; Past Grand Master Pridgen, of North Car-
lina, and Past Grand Master Bryan, of South Carolina, met in
Greenville and plans were formulated for the building and lot.
Bro. David B. Traxler, of Recovery Lodge, No. 31, Greenville,
kindly gave an excellent lot and the building was erected at cost
by Bro. W. M. Jordan. The cost was divided equally by the
Grand Lodges of North and South Carolina.
The building has meant much to Masonry and the soldiers.
It gives a central rallying point at the camp and was tangible
evidence to all of our Masonic interest in those noble sons of our
country, so many of whom were to pay the price for liberty
with their lives on the battlefields of France.
Your attention is respectfully called to the financial state-
ment of Bro. J. B. Burgard, Treasurer, which is self-explana-
tory, and to the report of Bro. W. A. James, of The Grand
Lodge of Virginia, who lived at the club rooms and ably assisted
in the work with the soldiers. Since handing in this report, the
building has been painted and a new roof is in process.
Respectfully submitted,
Geo. T. Bryan,
J. T. Burgard,
J. M. Holmes,
Trustees.
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Greenville, S. C., December 7, 1918.
To the Most Worshipful Grcvnd Masters of the Grand Lodges of
Ancient Free Masons of North and South Carolina:
Since submitting the last report to your worthy bodies, the
Trustees of the Masonic Club at Camp Sevier found that in order
to preserve the building it would be necessary to put on a
shingle roof which would cost $300.00. The building is one of
the best in camp and although it will probably not be used more
than a year by the soldiers of our present army, yet the Board
did not think it wise to allow the building to fall into a dilapi-
dated condition and so ordered the shingle work done.
In order to finance the work it will be necessary for each of
your worthy bodies to appropriate $50.00 additional, as we lack
about $100.00 to pay for the work in full.
We respectfully request that such a sum be appropriated.^
Fraternally submitted,
J. M. Holmes,
J. T. Burgard,
Geo.. T. Bryan,
Trustees.
“statement of j t. burgard, treasurer
ARMY LODGE A, CAMP SEVIER, GREENVILLE, S. C.
♦ RECEIPTS
Mar. 18. Grand Treas. of South Carolina __$ 500 00
Apr. 3. Grand Treas. of North Carolina — 1,500 00
7. Grand Treas. of North Carolina __ 500 00
9. Grand Treas. of South Carolina — 500 00
23. Grand Treas. of South Carolina — 1,350 00
Rebate (Gower-McBee Elec. Co.) _ 21 14
May 12. East Nashville Lodge, No. 560,
(Tenn.) __ 5 00
20. Saundersville Lodge, No. 359,
(Tenn.) 10 00
June 13. Unknown 1 00
South Carolina 675 00
Recovery Lodge, No. 31, Greenville,
g_ 92 75
25. North Carolina 1,025 00
$ 6,179 89
DISBURSEMENTS
Mar - Apr W. M. Jordan $ 3,750 00
Mar. 27. O. Frank Hart, Grand Secretary 63 75
Apr. 3. Recording deed 1 00
22. Gower-McBee Elec. Co. 162 12
27. Pillars and globes 9 00
May 5. Letter “G” : 15 00
15. Altar and stations 19 50
31. Insurance building 69 75
Insurance furniture 11 63
Two columns 5 50
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FURNISHINGS FOR CLUB ROOM
July 8. Furniture for rooms $ 249 50
Tools, brooms, etc. 8 35
Ink-stands and pens 6 30
Water cooler 6 50
Writing paper and env. __ 17 50
•Shades 46 20
Cuspidors 19 20
Fire extinguishers 33 54
387 09
FURNISHINGS FOR LODGE ROOM
June 5. Regalia $ 68 95
Furniture for Lodge 80 00
Masonic sign 75 00
Screens 45 00
268 95
July 12. Bal. on building (W. M. Jordan) _ 676 95
Nov. 11. Sullivan-Markley Hdw. Co. 104 50
23. Coal and drayage 72 50
5,616 69
To balance $ 563 20
Dec. 7. Ad. Sign Co. (for painting building) : 325 00
$ 238 20
Camp Sevier, S. C., Nov. 29, 1918.
M-'-W-'-Geo. T. Bryan, Chairman Trustees, Greenville, S. C.:
Dear Sir and Brother: Referring to our recent conversation
concerning the Masonic activities, etc., at the hall erected at Paris
by the Grand Lodges of North and South Carolina for the Masons
at Camp Sevier:
Beg to state that some time since I was appointed on a com-
mittee, consisting of soldiers and civilians, under the auspices
of the Camp Sevier Masonic Club, to look after the welfare of
the Soldier Brethren and it has been a great pleasure to meet and
be of service to them. I regret exceedingly that Bro. W. L. Ken-
nedy and Bro. Nathan Matthews, President and Secretary, re-
spectively, of the club, are both away from the camp, as they
were here before my advent, and being in close touch with the
affairs of the club, could have furnished a more complete report
of its workings.
The building, as you are aware, has a large club room on the
first floor with a Lodge room over it. The former has been used
for entertainments, as well as a reading and writing room, being
well supplied with reading matter and club stationery. While
the daily attendance has not been what might have been expected,
due to military quarantines, restrictions, etc., yet there have been
some Brethren in the hall each night since I have been here, and
from all parts of the United States. The Lodge room has been
.used for social meetings, with Masonic addresses, which were
helpful and inspiring, as well as for work, for which the Brethren
have expressed their deep appreciation.
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The 30th Division, I understand, had an army charter and con-
ferred degrees on a number of soldiers while here; since their
departure, the Greenville Lodges have been out on several occa-
sions for work and instruction. The Catechism has been taught
a number of the Brethren in the hall.
I am sure the Brethren from all over this country will be ever
grateful to the Grand Lodges of North and South Carolina for
having contributed so liberally to their comfort and entertainment.
As stated in person, the roof to the building leaks badly and
should be repaired as soon as possible, while a coat of paint on the
outside would add to its preservation. We have never been able
to get water in the building, and having no toilet on the premises
has detracted somewhat.
With warm personal regards, I am
Sincerely and fraternally,
W. A. James.
Both of the reports above mentioned have been filed
with the Grand Secretary.
When peace is finally made and Camp Sevier is aban-
doned, the property we own will be sold and the pro-
ceeds divided between The Grand Lodge of South Caro-
lina and our own.
Had the war continued longer, it was my purpose to
assist in the erection of a similar building at Camp
Greene and also at Fort Caswell. N. C., where the Ma-
sons in the army at these two places were planning the
erection of such buildings.
It was fine, indeed, to talk with the commanding of-
cers, all of whom were Masons, at Camp Sevier, Camp
Greene and Fort Caswell, and to find that they were a-
mong the leaders in all Masonic activities. All three
of them were of the same opinion, that a good Mason
makes the best soldier and can always be counted on, and
one of them said to me that if 10 per cent, of every com-
pany he sent out were Masons, he would feel safe as to
other 90 per cent.
ARMY LODGE “A”
Anything I might -say about our welfare work at
Camp Sevier would be incomplete if I failed to say a
word about Army Lodge “A” itself.
This Lodge, as you all will remember, was started
under dispensation from Grand Master Pridgen during
his term of office and was chartered at our last Annual
Communication.
The location of Army Lodge “A” at Camp Sevier
was our chief reason for building the club house and
Lodge room there. Its officers and men were among the
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finest and best of the now famous “Thirtieth Division,”
and I am quite sure that the principles of Masonry in-
stilled into them was largely responsible for the most
excellent record they made on the field of battle.
In order that future generations may know who they
were, I request the Grand Secretary to record the names
of the officers and members of Army Lodge, “A” in
the Proceedings at this place.
ROSTER ARMY LODGE “a”
OFFICERS
Albert L. Cox, Master,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Christian E. Meors, Jr. Warden,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
George N. Taylor Secretary,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
William R. Thomson, Jr. Deacon,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
James T. Gross, Steward,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Karl P. Burger, Senior Warden,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Erskine E. Boyce, Treasurer,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
John E. Burrus, Senior Deacon,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Ralph L. Sholar, Steward,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
DeWitt T. Moore, Tiler,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
PAST MASTERS
Claude L. Pridgen, P. G. M. Joseph H. Mitchell, P. M.
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F. 113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
MASTER MASONS
R. L. Atwater,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Wm. E. Baugham,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Alfred L. Bulwinkle,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Sidney C. Chambers,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Louis B. Crayton,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Wm. L. Futrelle,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
George G. Gatley,
A. E. F.
Louis A. Hanson,
U. S. Army, unknown
John T. Leslie,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Linnox P. McLindon,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
J. M. McCowley,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Nelson L. Nelson,
U. S. Army, unknown
R. A. Bailey,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
John P. Boet,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Julian N. Byrd,
A. E. F.
Harlin G. Coleman,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Arthur L. Fletcher,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Joseph C. Fortune,
U. S. Army in the States
Cleave L. Gross,
A. E. F.
Benjamin R. Lacy, Jr.,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
John M. Lynch,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Edgar W. McCullers,
105th Am. Train, A. E. F.
Alto E. Millican,
U. S. Army, unknown
Harry B. Newell,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
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G. P. Norwood,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
N. O. Reaves,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Dudley JRogers,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Aaron T. Stalling,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Thaddeus G. Stem,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Roy L. Vaughan,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Thomas S. Payne,
30th Division, A. E. F.
Harry B. Register,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Samuel T. Russell,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Cyrus T. Scott,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
Enoch S. Simmons,
113 Field Artillery, A. E. F.
I. 0. Workman,
105tK Sig. Bureau, A. E. F.
CHARTER ARRESTED
On January 10, 1919, I instructed Bro. R. F. Edwards
to visit Helton Lodge, No. 594, Sturgills, N. C., and take
up their charter, they having received and acted upon
the petition of a man who was a resident of the state of
West Virginia and not within their jurisdiction. The
petition was dated May 13, 1916, and balloted on May
27, 1916, thereby violating Section 116 of the Constitu-
tion and Regulation 86. All of the degrees were con-
ferred upon him in one night, evidently because he was
in a hurry, so, of course, he could not show suitable pro-
ficiency under such circumstances. In this the Lodge vi-
olated Section 132 of the Constitution and Regulation 119.
The petitioner stated that he had never been proposed
or rejected by any Masonic Lodge, but the Grand Master
of West Virginia advised me that he was rejected by
Vivian Lodge, Kimball, W. Va., and that at the time he
petitioned Helton Lodge, he was still residing with his
family within the jurisdiction of Vivian Lodge and had
done so for the past 10 years. Some of the members of
Helton Lodge must have known this man well enough
to know whether he lived at Sturgills, N. C., or at Kim-
ball, W. Va., and all the evidence shows very clearly that
the Lodge violated Section 101 of the Constitution in
regard to “Invaded Jurisdiction.” For these reasons it
seemed to me that the only thing I could do was to arrest
this charter. If the CAand Lodge thinks I have erred,
they have the right to reverse my action.
DISCIPLINE
It became my duty during the year to remove from
office the Worshipful Master of one of the Lodges in our
State for un-Masonic conduct. Acting under Sections
166 to 169, inclusive, of the Code, I appointed a commis-
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sion to investigate the charges against the Brother ; they
met and organized and the accused Brother appeared
before them and plead guilty to the charge. The com-
mission sustained my action in removing him from office
and the entire proceedings were transmitted to the
Grand Secretary, in accordance with Section 169 of the
Code. I regretted exceedingly that it was necessary to
remove this Brother from office, but if the Masters of
subordinate Lodges in North Carolina do not behave as
men and Masons should, what can we expect from the
Craft in general?
CUSTODIANS AND GRAND LECTURERS
The Board of Custodians and the Grand Lecturers
held their annual mid-summer meeting in Waynesville,
July 9-10-11. I regretted exceedingly it was impossible
for me to attend, though the Grand Secretary went in
my place. My understanding is that the meeting was
a most profitable one and I presume we shall have the
pleasure of hearing more about it from the members of
the Board themselves.
DECISIONS
I have made something like 40 so-called decisions
during my term of office, but after considering them
carefully, I do not think they are anything more than in-
terpretations, or, in most cases, citations of the law as
contained in the Code and in Andrew’s Digest, with pos-
sibly one exception. The Committee on Jurisprudence
having requested Grand Masters not to report mere inter-
pretations or citations of the law, it gives me pleasure
to comply with their request and I feel sure that this
pleasure will be shared by the Brethren assembled here.
The one decision which I have to report is this :
Question : A man applies for the degrees in Masonry
and is rejected; after the expiration of one year, can
he make application to a different Lodge in the same
city and can this Lodge entertain the petition without
first obtaining consent of the Lodge that rejected the
applicant?
Ansiver: A rejected candidate has the right to apply
to another Lodge in the same city, provided both Lodges
have concurrent jurisdiction, if he has waited the 12
months required by the Code ; but he should sign a petition
similar to the one printed on page 239 of the Code and
COL. ROBERT HENRY BRADLEY, 14°
GRAND TILER, 1S80-1918
Died May 17, 1918
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marked No. 3, in which the question is asked if he has
“ever been proposed as a candidate and rejected in any
Masonic Lodge; if so, give name of Lodge.” I
was governed by Section 125 of the Constitution and
Regulation 172, in making this ruling. When the peti-
tioner has properly filled out the petition mentioned, it
puts the Lodge entertaining his petition on its guard and
they should make the necessary investigation from the
Lodge that rejected him.
I have answered a great many letters asking about
certain questions of law in addition to the ones above
mentioned and these letters were really unnecessary, be-
cause the questions so were plain that the only thing
necessary was to refer to the Code or Digest and read
the law as it was plainly written. From some of my cor-
respondence I am led to believe that many Lodges do
not own a copy of the Code.
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS
I have had reports from quite a number of District
Deputies and many of them have been active in their
work during the past year, but, on the other hand, I have
no way of knowing whether some of those appointed ever
received their commissions or not, because I have heard
nothing from them from that day until this. The office of
District Deputy is an honor that most Masons are proud
and of and it affords a splendid opportunity for service,
and I should like to see some plan worked out by which
greater co-operation might be had from these splendid
men.
DISPENSATIONS
During the past year the requests for special dispen-
sations to allow petitions to be voted upon without wait-
ing the required time have been exceedingly numerous.
Many of them have, no doubt, been of great merit and de-
served consideration, but to have granted any of them
would have let down the bars in a way that I did not feel
justified in doing, so I have had to refuse to grant all
such dispensations and have insisted upon the law being
complied with, that each petitioner wait the required
30 days’ time before he could be balloted upon.
I have held, however, that in the case of a soldier or
sailor whose time at horqe was very limited, suitable pro-
ficiency should not be as strict as under ordinary condi-
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tion and circumstances. I felt that after a candidate,
who was in the active service of our country, had waited
the required time and successfully passed the ballot box,
he should be entitled to some special consideration in
being made a Mason before leaving for overseas duty.
In order to co-operate with our Government in its
efforts to conserve the fuel supply by declaring each Mon-
day for a number of weeks to be a holiday, on January
26, 1918, I advised the Masters of all Masonic Lodges
that I would, upon application, grant special dispensa-
tions to them to hold their Stated Communications on
some other night, because of the fact that a very large
number of them held such communications on Monday
nights.
I have granted a number of special dispensations en-
tirely within the province, of the Grand Master, which did
not conflict with any of the fundamental laws of the
Grand Lodge, such as to elect or install officers by
Lodges having failed to do so at the time required by
the Constitution, to hold elections and installations of
officers taking the places of those whose resignations had
been approved ; and such other permissible acts of similar
nature.
DREWRY MEMORIAL GRAND SECRETARY’S FUND
Complying with the provision of the will of our late
Grand Secretary, Bio. John C. Drewry, the Board of
Trustees of this fund, composed of the Grand Master, the
Grand Treasurer, the Grand Secretary, and Bro. A. B.
Andrews, P. G. M., and C. B. Barbee, met in the city of
Raleigh on November 30th and formally organized by
electing P.'.G.'.M.'.A. B. Andrews chairman of the Board
of Trustees, and Grand Secretary W. W. Willson, Sec-
tary.
The Board of Trustees was informed that the $10,-
000.00 legacy above mentioned was in the hands of the
Raleigh Savings Bank & Trust Co., as custodian of this
fund, and that we as trustees were to advise and deter-
mine how it should be invested. The entire matter was dis-
cussed at some length and certain securities and invest-
ments were approved and at least a part of them have
been purchased up to this date. I shall expect the chair-
man of this board to make a more detailed report.
It must be remembered, however, that none of the
income from this legacy is available until the principal
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amounts to $20,000.00 and then only the income shall
be payable to The Grand Lodge of North Carolina.
Of course it would not be wise for the Grand Lodge
to consider appropriating the $10,000.00 necessary in one
lump sum,, so, in my judgment, we must pursue one of
two courses : We can let the income of this $10,000.00 be
added to the principal from year to year and in some-
thing like 13 years the principal and its accumulations
will have reached the $20,000.00 mark and then the in-
come from it will be available for Grand Lodge purposes ;
or we can negotiate a loan of $10,000.00 from some bank-
ing institution and add it to the $10,000.00 legacy, mak-
ing the $20,000.00 fund complete at once and then begin
to receive the income from it. We should appropriate,
by resolution of the Grand Lodge, the sum of $10,000.00
to be payable in 10 annual installments of $1,000.00 each,
and in this way pay back the loan negotiated from the
bank. Of course the first year we would have an interest
change of $600.00 to pay, but we would receive $1,200.-
00 to $1,400.00 as an income from the $20,000.00 in-
vested, thus the first year we would pay out $1,000.00
on the principal and $600.00 interest, making $1,600.00,
and receive from the custodian of this fund at least $1,-
200.00, which would really mean an outlay of $400.00 of
of Grand Lodge funds ; the second year the interest paid
would decrease while the income would not, and so on
each succeeding year until the sixth year, when the an-
nual appropriation of $1,000.00, plus the interest charge,
would just about equal the income from it. And from
that time on the income would be greater each year than
the total appropriation, until the tenth year, when the
interest charges would cease and the entire income
from the $20,000.00 invested be available.
If we make our calculations another way, appropriat-
ing the $10', 000. 00 payable $1,000.00 annually in 10 in-
stallments, and then forget to take into consideration the
$1,000.00 per year, we would have an income of $1,200.00
each year and an expenditure for interest of $600.00 the
first year, $540.00 the second year, and so on.
There may be some who will say let the $10,000.00
stay invested until its accumulations make the entire a-
mount $20,000.00 and then let the Grand Lodge receive
the benefits of the fund, but I strongly recommend that
the other course be pursued and that the Grand Lodge ne-
gotiate a loan for $10,000.00, adding it to the Drewry Me-
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morial Fund so as to make its income available at once and
that, by resolution of the Grand Lodge, we appropriate
the sum of $10,000.00' to pay back this loan, the same to
be payable in 10 annual installments of $1,000.00 each.
I feel that this is what Brother Drewry would like to
have us do, because in this way we ourselves would be
helping to make possible the income he desired the Grand
Lodge to realize.
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Most cordial and friendly relations have been main-
tained throughout the year with all duly constituted
Grand Lodges recognized by this Grand Lodge. Many
courtesies have been extended to our Masonic Brethren
overseas by foreign Grand Lodges, some of whom we
are not in fraternal correspondence with, and by relief
committees of various kinds in the countries of our Allies.
It is probable that a resolution will be introduced at this
session asking for the recognition of some of these Grand
Bodies.
On July 4th I received a cablegram from the Grand
Master of The Grand Lodge of Italy, which read as fol-
lows :
Rome, July 2, 1918.
Grande Loggia, Carolina Nord, Raleigh, N. C.
In brotherhood bound together anew for the world’s enfran-
chisement we hail the day of America’s independence.
(Signed) Ernesto NathaN,
Grand Master.
To which I replied :
Winston-Salem, N. C., July 11, 1918.
Hon. Ernesto Nathan, Grand Master, Rome, Italy.
"Most Worshipful Sir and Brother: I am in receipt of your
cablegram which reached me on July 4th, my country’s Inde-
pendence Day, and I desire desire to thank you sincerely for your
expressions of friendship and fraternal greetings. It is, indeed,
a great pleasure to be bound together, by the ties of our great
Order, with so many good men throughout the world who are
fighting for the liberty and freedom of mankind.
I congratulate you and your country on the great victories
you have recently achieved, and I sincerely trust, and have full
confidence, that a complete and lasting victory may soon come
to the armies of our great countries fighting for the right.
With high and sincere regards, I am
Fraternally yours,
(Signed) Geo. S. Norfleet,
Grand Master.
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A number of other letters have been received from
foreign Grand Lodges, and as most of them were in lan-
guages unknown to me, I have turned them over to the
Committee on Foreign Correspondence.
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES APPOINTED
July 29, 1918, W.‘. Martin H. Turnbull, Grand Rep-
resentative of North Carolina to The Grand Lodge of
Ireland.
July 29, 1918, Lieut. Col. Joao Estevao Auguas, Grand
Representative of North Carolina, near The Grand Lodge
of Portugal.
September 31, 1918, W.'.A. L. McGinty, Grand Rep-
resentative of North Carolina to Nevada.
January 2, 1919, R.'.W.'. Samuel J. Willis, Grand Rep-
resentative of North Carolina, near The Grand Lodge of
British Columbia.
July 29, 1918, W.'.E. E. Giffin, Grand Representa-
tive of The Grand Lodge of Portugal, near The Grand
Lodge of North Carolina.
HALIFAX RELIEF FUND
It gives me pleasure to advise you that the total sum
contributed by the Masons of this Grand Lodge toward
the relief of the distressed Brethren at Halifax, Nova
Scotia, was $1,112.16, as reported by P.’.G.'.M.’.A. B.
Andrews, special treasurer for this fund, all of which
has been duly acknowledged by the Grand Secretary of
Nova Scotia. I desire to thank you for this liberality
on your part and also to thank Brother Andrews for
his splendid services rendered in receiving and disbursing
this fund.
INTERSTATE COURTESIES
Due to the war activities, we have been called upon
to extend more courtesies to other Grand Lodges in the
matter of conferring degrees upon their candidates
than ever before in the history of this Grand Lodge, and
in turn we, too, have made more requests of this kind
from other Grand Lodges than ever before. All have
been cheerfully complied with and we return our thanks
to the Grand Lodges which have done work for us, es-
pecially our nearest neighbors of South Carolina and
Virginia, who were called upon to do the largest part
of it, and I desire to say that it has been a great pleas-
ure for us to be able to confer degrees for them.
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The Lodges in Charlotte and Southport have, no doubt,
been called upon to do more of this work than any other
within our jurisdiction, because of the fact that army
camps were located at these points, and I want to pub-
licly thank these Lodges for the work so well and gen-
erously done.
Number of cases for which work was requested of
North Carolina and also by requests made by us :
For By
N. C. N. C.
Alabama 3 2
Arizona 2
Arkansas 1
California 1 2
Colorado 1
Connecticut 2
Delaware 1
District of Columbia 8 1
Florida 7 1
Georgia 18 9
Idaho — 1
Illinois 12
Indiana 1 — 8
Iowa - — 5
Kansas _ — 2
Kentucky 4 8
Louisiana 1 1
Montana 9 — _
Maryland 6 3
Massachusetts 8 — 9
Michigan 2 — 5
Minnesota - — 3
Mississippi 3 7
Missouri 1 — 2
Nebraska 3
New Jersey . 9 — 4
New Mexico - — 1
New York 6 — 20
North Dakota 19 — 1
Ohio 1 — 15
Oklahoma 2 3
Oregon 2 1
Rhode Island * 3 1
South Carolina 56 9
South Dakota - — 3
Tennessee 2 3
Texas 5 — 19
Vermont 1
Virginia 29 _ — 3
West Virginia — ®
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Wisconsin 6
(Canada , 1
England 1
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MASONIC TEMPLE
The Masonic Temple Committee will make a detailed
report of the business of this institution during the past
year.
NEW LODGES
I have granted dispensations to establish new Lodges
during the year as follows :
February 26, 1918, Richland Lodge, U. D., at Small,
Beaufort county, N. C.
July 30, 1918, Ashe Lodge, U. D., at West Jefferson,
Ashe county, N. C.
September 17, 1918, Yadkin Falls Lodge, U. D., at
Badin, Stanly county, N. C.
December 26, 1918, Warren Lodge, U. D., at Kenans-
ville, Duplin county, N. C.
SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS HELD
Goldsboro, January 28, 1918, to institute Goldsboro
Lodge, No. 634.
Maysville, May 3, 1918, to lay corner stone of Belgrade
Methodist Church.
Raleigh, May 18, 1918, funeral of Grand Tiler Robert
H. Bradley.
Greensboro, May 22, 1918, to lay corner stone of
Guilford County Court House.
Oxford, June 25, 1918, St. John’s Day.
OXFORD ORPHAN ASYLUM
The reports of the management of the Oxford Or-
phan Asylum and the Board of Directors will deal in de-
tail with its affairs, but I would be untrue to my duty
and privilege as your Grand Master if I failed to call
your attention to some of the facts in connection with
this institution at this time. Bro. R. L. Brown and
those connected with him in the management of the Or-
phanage have given their best during the past year and
have worked under many difficulties and yet, with all
of these difficulties, they have done a remarkable work,
and the institution which they are managing for us is
the greatest thing in North Carolina Masonry.
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In spite of the fact that the receipts were consid-
erably larger than last year, the expenditures were also
much heavier, and the close of the year, November 1st,
found it in debt something over $6,000.00. Just before
Thanksgiving I issued a letter to the Masons of North
Carolina, calling their attention to the opportunity for
service by contributing one day’s earnings to the Oxford
Orphanage, and I am happy to say that the contribu-
tions from November 1st to December 15th were more
than twice as much as for the same time last year. This,
I am sure, is due to the fact that during the past year
our people have learned the joy of giving and many of
them have also adopted the plan suggested by the Or-
phan Association of North Carolina, to give one day’s
earnings as a Thank Offering to the orphanage of their
choice.
Even with this increase, however, the Board of Di-
rectors will have to ask for largely increased appropri-
ations from the Grand Lodge, and I sincerely trust that
you will not refuse to grant their request, because we
can not let these precious jewels, which have been en-
trusted to our care, want for any of the necessities of
life or for moral and educational training.
It will be our pleasure during the present session of
the Grand Lodge to listen to a concert by the Singing
Class, which earned last year about $16,000.00 for the
support fund of the institution. I sincerely trust that
all of you will make an effort to be present at this con-
cert.
While on this subject, I am impressed with the fact
that there is a Mason in this Grand Lodge who has ren-
dered invaluable service to the institution for a score
of years or more. I refer to P.'.G.'.M.’.B. S. Roy-
ster, legal advisor and counselor for the Oxford Orphan-
age. With each succeeding year his duties increase be-
cause of the fact that more people are finding it in their
hearts to make bequests and legacies to this institution
and these properties and moneys must be looked after
in the proper way or great financial loss might result.
On behalf of the Grand Lodge I desire to thank P.’.G.’.
M.-. Royster most sincerely for the splendid services he
has rendered during the past, and I earnestly recommend
that the Finance Committee provide, in the annual bud-
get, a compensation for his services in the future, not
less than $100.00 per annum.
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MASONIC AND EASTERN STAR HOME
The most enthusiastic worker connected with this in-
stitution, Bro. John J. Phoenix, for many years its Sec-
retary and Treasurer, is absent from us tonight and we
shall miss him greatly during this session of the Grand
Lodge. He answered his country’s call and is in the ser-
vice of the Y. M. C. A., ministering to our men in France.
He has sent fraternal greetings to the Brethren and it
gives me pleasure to extend them to you at this time.
I am glad to tell you, though, that the work has been
ably carried on and everything at the Home is progress-
ing nicely. Those in charge have done all in their power
to make it what it ought to be for the old veterans of
Masonry and their wives, and they are succeeding well.
Their financial needs, however, will be greater during
the coming year and we must provide for them in
our annual budget. Let us all remember that the years
are passing rapidly and that each of us is growing older
very fast and none of us know what the hand of fortune
may bring to us or to our Brethren ; so it behooves us
to provide amply for those whose sunset days might not
otherwise be as bright as we have the privilege of mak-
ing them if we grasp our opportunity.
INDEX TO THE CODE
On March 27th I appointed Bro. F. H. McCullough,
of Wilmington, chairman of a committee to revise and
improve the index to the Code, in accordance with a
resolution passed at the last meeting of the Grand Lodge.
Brother McCullough had assisted G.'.M.'. Pridgen during
his term of office in the beginning of this work, and my
understanding is that they had completed a large part
of it. I, therefore, hope that they will present a full
report at this session and that our splendid Code will
be made of very much greater value to all who use it,
by the addition of a greatly enlarged index.
FEDERAL WAR TAX ON FEES AND DUES OF LODGES
During the month of March my attention was called
to the fact that there seemed to be a difference of opinion
as to whether or not the fees and dues in Masonic Lodges
were taxable under the Act of October 3, 1917, Sec-
tion 701. P.\ G.’.M. ‘.A. B. Andrews and I took the mat-
ter up with Col. A. D. Watts, Collector of Internal Rev-
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enue in the fifth district, and also with the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue at Washington, and we were advised
by both of them that as our organization was a fraternal
one and not organized primarily for social diversion and
recreation, we were not subject to any tax on fees and
dues of members.
GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL AS-
SOCIATION
It was my great pleasure to attend the annual meeting
of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial
Association in the city of Alexandria, Va., on February
21-22, 1918. My companion was P.'.G.'.M.'. Samuel M.
Gattis, and it was indeed a most enjoyable occasion for
both of us.
The object of this association is to collect a fund to
erect and maintain a suitable Masonic Memorial to
George Washington, the Mason, which is to be in the
form of a temple in the city of Alexandria, Va., and
the site which has been chosen is a most beautiful one.
Such a temple will provide a place where the several Grand
Jurisdictions, members of this association, may perpet-
uate, in imperishable form, the memory and achievement
of the men whose distinguished services and fidelity to
the principles of our Order entitle them to especial and
lasting reward, and to create, foster and diffuse a more in-
timate, fraternal spirit, understanding, and intercourse
between the several Grand Jurisdictions and Sovereign
Grand Bodies throughout the United States. Surely, in
this great day, when the nations of the world which
stand for the right are planning for future co-operation
in all of the best things in life, we, as an Order, should
do everything in our power to bring about such a spirit
of co-operation between the various Masonic organiza-
tions of our country.
I recommend that the annual appropriation to this
cause be continued and increased, if possible.
WAR ACTIVITIES
Complying with the resolution of Bro. Leon Cash,
unanimously adopted at our last Annual Communication,
I issued, on February 5, 1918, the following proclama-
tion to the Masons of North Carolina:
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Winston-Salem, N. C,, February 5, 1918.
To the Masters, Wardens and Brethren of the Subordinate Lodges
under the Jurisdiction of The Grand Lodge of North Carolina,
A. F. & A. M. :
Brethren: Our Nation is at war! Many of our people are
awake to this fact, but thousands have not yet realized what it
means. The preservation of your liberty and freedom, your
homes and loved ones are at stake. More than a thousand North
Carolina Masons and another thousand sons of Masons are in this
fight, and this is but a beginning unless we put our hearts and
time and money into the cause. There can be no doubt of final
victory if we support our Government as we should.
At a meeting held in Washington in December, representatives
of all fraternal orders being present, the President and the Sec-
retary of the Treasury requested our co-operation and help. Our
representative at this meeting pledged the loyal support of North
Carolina Masonry.
The Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge held in Raleigh
last month fairly thrilled with patriotism and a resolution was
unanimously adopted calling upon the Masons of this Grand
Jurisdiction to assist the Government in all its endeavors, es-
pecially in the sale of its securities, and in instructing the Grand
Master to issue his proclamation accordingly.
Now, Therefore, I, George S. Norfleet, Grand Master of Ma-
sons in North Carolina, do call upon every loyal member of the
Craft to aid and assist our Government and its agents in every
way possible in the conservation of food and fuel, in the sale of
all its securities, in gifts to the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. war
funds, and in the cheerful payment of all taxes imposed upon our
people, to the end that our Army and Navy and those of our
Allies may be sufficiently clothed, amply equipped, properly fed,
and diligently cared for, that this horrible war may be brought
to a speedy and successful end.
The campaign on now is for the sale of Thrift and War Sav-
ings Stamps, which many believe to be the best investment the
Government has offered its people. The purchase of these stamps
not only helps our National Treasury but encourages thrift, a
much-needed practice, among our people.
The Grand Lodge has purchased one thousand dollars’ worth
of these stamps, all any one is allowed to buy, and I urge every
subordinate Lodge in North Carolina that has funds available,
or can save about seventy dollars per month, to do the same. If
your Lodge cannot buy a thousand dollars’ worth, buy every
dollars’ worth you can. I call upon every Mason in this Grand
Jurisdiction to purchase every stamp he can pay for up to the
limit, and I call upon you further to hold all government secu-
rities and to encourage others to hold them, rather than sell them
at a discount, thus impairing our nation’s credit.
Don’t do your bit, but do your best and do it- now. The need
for instant action is imperative. Our sons and brothers have
already gone to give their lives, if necessary; shall we withhold
our dollars? If you do your best, victory will be much sweeter
to you when the boys come marching home.
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“When those of our boys return home from France
Who missed death in the war’s awful toll,
Blind and maimed and crippled for life
But ennobled in spirit and soul,
And they gather with friends and the dear ones at home
By the fire, or on summer’s long days,
And tell of the times they went ‘over the top’
In the early morn’s twilight haze;
Should they ask you what you were doing the while
In the world’s greatest war to help win it,
Be sure you can look them right square in the eye
And truthfully say, “I was in it.’ ”
If you have not already done so, I suggest that you display
our National Flag in your Lodge room.
Let this proclamation be read to your Lodge at its next reg-
ular communication and let it be published promptly in the next
issue of your home paper.
Fraternally yours,
Geo. S. Norfleet,
Grand Master.
Attest:
W. W. Willson, Grand Secretary.
I do not know that this was necessa.ry, because I am
quite sure that our people were beginning to realize the
seriousness of the conflict in which we were engaged,
but whether it was necessary or not, it at least served
two good purposes: First, it called to the attention of
our Brethren the necessity for prompt and patriotic
action on our part, and it also served to let the people
in general know that the great Order which we represent
was standing squarely behind our boys and our country.
I have never received a complete report, but I know
that many thousands of dollars were invested by the
Lodges, as such, in War Savings Stamps and Liberty
Bonds, quite a number of them taking the limit in War
Savings Stamps. In addition to this, the organized ac-
tivity on the part of Lodges stimulated individual Masons
to do even more in the purchase of securities than they
would have done otherwise. Not only did the members
of our Fraternity, w'ho could not take a part in active
service in the army and navy, purchase war securities,
but they also contributed liberally to the Red Cross and
the Y. M. C. A. war funds and did their best in every
way possible to bring about the great victory that was
finally consummated. During the last great campaign
for funds, known as the United War Work Campaign, in
response to a request from Mr. Geo. W. Watts, State
Chairman, that the Masonic Order lend its influence to
the success of this campaign, I gave him the following
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letter, with the privilege to use it as he saw fit in the
furtherance of this cause :
Winston-Salem, N. C., Oct. 31, 1918.
Mr. Geo. W. Watts, State Chairman, United War Work Campaign,
Durham, N. C.
Dear Mr. Watts.: Replying to your recent letter concerning
the approaching campaign for $170,500,000.00 for the seven or-
ganizations doing religious and social work among our soldiers
and sailors, I beg to advise that I most heartily commend to the
Masons of North Carolina the work being done to give the sol-
diers and sailors a taste of home life and make their surround-
ings the very best we possibly can, both for their physical, mental
and moral welfare.
My understanding is that all contributors to this fund have
the privilege, if they desire to exercise it, of specifying to which
of the seven organizations their gifts shall go and how much
to each one. It may be that some of our people will want to
exercise this privilege, but whether they do or not, I am satisfied
that you will find that the Masons of North Carolina will not
only contribute liberally to this campaign fund, as they have done
to all others, but will be among the leaders in the various places
in North Carolina in helping to carry on the campaign of raising
the money.
If there is anything I can do, either personally or officially,
to help in this great work, please feel at liberty to command
my services.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) Geo. S. Norfleet,
Grand Master.
His reply is herewith presented:
Durham, N. C., Nov. 9, 1918.
Mr. Geo. S. Norfleet, Grand Master, Winston-Salem, N. C.
Dear Mr. Norfleet: I am just home after a visit to some
points in the eastern part of the State, in behalf of our War Work
drive, and find yours of the 6th instant, for which I thank you.
You cannot know how much I appreciate this letter and I believe
it will be of great benefit to the work. We are going to give it
the largest publicity possible in the short time we have, by send-
ing a copy to every County Chairman in the State, with request
that they get it into the papers wherever possible.
With deep appreciation and warm regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) Geo. W. Watts,
State Chairman.
CONFERENCE OF GRAND MASTERS
I was invited by M.'.W.’. George L. Schoonover,
Grand Master of The Grand Lodge of Iowa, to attend
a conference of the Grand Masters of the United States
to be held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, November 27-28-29,
1918, but it was impossible for me to leave home at that
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time. I appointed D.'.G.'.M.'. Henry A. Grady as my
representative and as the representative from this Grand
Lodge, and his report to us, which will be read at a
later time, and the proceedings of the conference, show
conclusively that I made no mistake in the selection of
the man to represent The Grand Lodge of North Caro-
lina. I have instructed the Grand Secretary to print a
number of copies of Brother Grady’s report and I shall
ask him to speak on it at an hour to be appointed. The
subjects dealt with at the conference are strictly in line
with War activities and necessities and are such as to
demand our most serious thought and consideration.
WAR RELIEF
Nothing definite has been done by our Grand Lodge
in the question of War Relief, but some action should
be taken at this session. We should either organize a
War Relief Board of our own and supply it with neces-
sary funds, or authorize it to solicit funds, or we should
take a more active part in the Masonic War Relief As-
sociation of The United States of America. This asso-
ciation has its president, Bernard G. Witt, of Henderson,
Ky., Past General Grand High Priest of Royal Arch
Masons of The United States of America; Vive-President
Lee S. Smith, of Pittsburg, Pa., Grand Master of The
Grand Encampment Knights Templar of The United
States of America; Chairman of the Executive Commit-
tee, Wm. B. Melish, of Cincinnati, Ohio, Past Grand Mas-
ter of The Grand Lodge of Ohio.
The association has received contributions from al-
most all of the Grand Bodies in the United States, the
total receipts amounting to $111,000.00. Its activities
up to this time have been confined to relief work among
the Masons and their families in the countries of our
Allies in Europe. It has not yet attempted any relief
work among the sufferers in Masonic circles in our own
country. It is my opinion that we should contribute to
this association and should also organize a Relief Board
for local work in North Carolina, which should not be
great, but some of it will be necessary.
I recommend that the Grand Lodge make a contribu-
tion of at least $500.00 to the Masonic War Relief Asso-
ciation of The United States of America and that we
provide the necessary machinery to make available funds
for relief work in our own State.
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The War and Relief Administration of the Grand
Lodge of the State of New York is doing a splendid work
for all soldier Masons who are within their borders, espe-
cially those in hospitals. Some member of this association
visits all Masons and then the information is forwarded
to each Grand Lodge telling of the location of certain
Brethren and giving other information concerning them.
To show just what they are doing, I herewith attach the
last letter received from their representative :
Office of the War & Relief Administration
Grand Lodge, F. & A. M.
17 th Floor, Masonic Hall, 71 W. 23rd St.
New York City
Erastus C. Knight, Representative,
Telephone, Gramercy 6133.
January 31, 1919.
Mr. George S. Norfleet, Grand Master, Grand Lodge, F. & A. M.
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Dear Sir & M-'-W- '-Brother: Through an arrangement with
the American Red Cross, we are able to learn of many members
of the Craft and the sons of members, in the service, who are
patients in the hospitals within our jurisdiction.
We have just learned that Bro. George E. Larson, of Spring-
Hope Lodge, No. 481, Spring Hope, N. C., is a patient at De-
barkation Hospital, No. 3, located at 18th St. and 6th Ave., New
York City.
A member of our committee will visit him as often as the
rules of the hospital will permit and we shall deem it a pleasure
to do all in our power for him, contributing to his comfort and
peace of mind as far as possible.
Will you kindly notify the Worshipful Master of Spring Hope
Lodge, No. 481, that Brother Larson is in the above-named hos-
pital? He will certainly appreciate letters from the Brethren
of his Lodge.
Fraternally yours,
Erastus C. Knight,
Representative.
I recommend that the Grand Secretary be instructed
to extend to The Grand Lodge of New York sincere
thanks of The Grand Lodge of North Carolina for the
splendid work they are doing and for the attention they
are giving our own members. I have, of course, acknow-
ledged with thanks all of the communications received
from them, but I would like official Grand Lodge recog-
nition of the courtesies they are showing us.
HOLIDAY GREETING
Feeling deeply the fact that so many of our members
were overseas in the service of our country and also in
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the camps, and that even a larger number of Masons
than this had other loved ones engaged in foreign service,
it seemed appropriate that I should send a Holiday Greet-
ing to the Masons of North Carolina, wherever they
might be found, and so it was my privilege to publish
to them the following greeting:
Winston-Salem, N. C., Dec. 25, 1918.
To the Thirty Thousand Masons of North Carolina:
I send you hearty Christmas Greetings this day and sincerely
wish for you and your loved ones joy and happiness during the
Holiday Season.
You have proven faithful to our great country during the
year that is rapidly passing into unparalleled history. More
than two thousand of you have answered humanity’s call for
active service and many have “gone west” over the hills, into
the realm of a glorious eternity.
Those of you who have not had the privilege of doing greater
service, have labored well at home and have generously supported
all war activities and each one has contributed his part in one
way or another to the great victory achieved, so if there was
ever a time when all should be happy, surely it is this glad
season.
May a lasting peace soon be given to all the world, may our
splendid men overseas be brought hoire safely and may the New
Year bring you Happiness and Prosperity.
Faithfully and fraternity,
Faithfully and fraternally yours,
George S. Norfleet,
Grand Master.
GROWTH AND CONDITION OF ORDER
It is indeed gratifying to note that Masonry has pros-
pered greatly during the past year. The Grand Secre-
tary’s report will show about 2,435 initiated last year,
which is 415 more than were initiated during the pre-
vious year; it will also show 2,126 raised during the past
year, which is a considerable gain over the previous year.
I have no doubt that a great many of those who were
initiated have also been raised in other Lodges as a cour-
tesy to our subordinate Lodges, but that the reports have
not reached them in time to get in this year’s record.
It is also encouraging to note that a very much small-
er number has been expelled and suspended during the
past year than a year ago and that fewer have with-
drawn, but our hearts are saddened by the fact that the
mortality among our members was considerably greater
than last year.
On account of so many of our members being away
in the service of our country and also due to the severe
SAMUEL H. SMITH,
47TH GRAND MASTER OF NORTH CAROLINA
Died October 27, 1918
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epidemics of Spanish influenza, many of the Lodges have
not been able to do as much work or hold as many meet-
ings during the past year as they should have done and
would have done had conditions been otherwise, but I
am sure that all have done the best they could under the
circumstances, and Masonry is stronger today in North
Carolina than ever before in the history of the Order.
GRAND SECRETARY’S OFFICE
The duties of the Grand Secretary’s office have great-
ly increased by the continued growth of Masonry in
North Carolina, until now it is necessary for this officer
to devote all of his time to the office, or, at least, so much
of it that there is not enough left in which he can earn
a livelihood.
The work was exceedingly heavy during the past year
and our present Grand Secretary performed the duties
well. In view of the urgent necessity which each indi-
vidual faces, to meet increased expenditures and of the
additional work of the office, I recommend that the pres-
ent Grand Secretary be allowed $600.00 additional com-
pensation for last year’s work, over and above the
$1,800.00 provided in the budget.
I also recommend that the salary of this office, for
the coming year, be not less than $2,400.00.
GRAND LODGE REVENUE
On account of the increased cost of all commodities
of life, salaries of teachers, managers and officers, it is
absolutely necessary that the Grand Lodge appropria-
tions to the Oxford Orphan Asylum and the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home be greatly increased. Other addi-
tional funds are also needed to carry on the work of the
Grand Lodge in the way it ought to be done and in keep-
ing with the progress of Masonry in this State. To meet
these conditions, additional revenue must be provided
for the Grand Lodge. This can only be done by one of
two ways: We could increase the per capita tax from
$1.00 to $1.50 and raise approximately $15,000.00 addi-
tional, or we could amend the last clause of Section 140
of the Code and provide for the payment to the Grand
Lodge of $10.00 for each initiate in the subordinate
Lodges, which would raise as much money, or probably
some more.
The minimum initiation fee is now $15.00 and if
this is raised to $25.00 the local Lodges will not suffer
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any financial loss, on account of the law being changed,
as the candidate himself would pay the increase. I know
a proposition of this kind is entirely new and at first
thought may not meet with approval of all, but you must
admit that an initiation fee of $15.00 is entirely too low
and to add $10.00 to the fee charged by any of the local
Lodges will work no hardship on the petitioner and in
itself will keep none from applying for the degrees.
CONCLUSION
I am told, and I feel sure it is true, that the work
of the Grand Master’s office has been greater during the
past year than ever before. In correspondence alone
I have received and answered several thousand letters.
The war and the various activities and necessities
arising from it have caused the increased work, and
while it has been arduous at times, I am deeply grateful
for the opportunity it gave me to be of some service to
the Craft, my Government and to humanity. The Breth-
ren have generously responded to every call I have made
upon them for service or funds, and I thank you sincerely
for your co-operation and support.
My term of office will soon expire and in a few hours
I will pass the gavel of authority to my successor, but
m;y love for you and our Order will never grow less and
my appreciation of the high honor you conferred upon
me a year ago and the kindnesses you have shown me
since that time will be greater with each succeeding year.
And I promise you that, in future years, no act of mine
shall ever bring reproach upon the fair name of this
Grand Lodge, but that I shall always strive to live such
a life as to merit, in some small way, your goodness to
me. “May the Blessings of Heaven rest upon you and
all regular Masons. May brotherly love prevail and every
moral and social virtue cement us,” is my prayer.
Faithfully and fraternally yours,
Grand Master.
Grand Treasurer’s Report
Grand Treasurer B. R. Lacy presented the follow-
ing report, which was read and referred to the Finance
Committee :
The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
As Grand Treasurer, I herewith submit my annual report. It
runs from January 15, 1918, to January 15, 1919, and in both re-
ports I call it the fiscal year. There is no fiscal year for the
Grand Lodge. Section 8, page 26, of the Constitution makes the
31st of October the end of the fiscal year for the subordinate
Lodges. The 15th of January may be the third Tuesday and,
therefore, the day on which the Grand Lodge convenes. As there
should be a date fixed so all Grand officers would close their
books at the same time, I would suggest that the Grand Lodge
make December 31st as end of the fiscal year.
Inasmuch as the statements that follow are detailed sufficiently
to explain the source of all receipts and the purpose of all dis-
bursements, I hardly feel that any comment here is necessary,
with the following exceptions: Attention is called to items under
the head of “Soldiers’ Masonic Welfare Fund” and “Camp Sevier
Lodge.” It will be seen that there was received $3,121.14 and ex-
pended $3,140.00, making an excess of disbursements of $18.86.
However, check for $115.00 sent to George T. Bryan, P. G. M.,
of South Carolina, Greensville, S. C., was returned after my
books were closed, with the statement that “the money was not
needed.” This will be credited back to the fund on this year’s
account, and have a balance unexpended for this purpose of $96.14.
By instructions of the Grand Master I invested $824.00 in War
Savings Stamps. On January 1, 1923, when they become due, they
will be worth $1,000.00. While this amount is a part of the Gen-
eral Fund balance it is in the nature of an appropriated surplus
for the time being and will not be available until 1923, at which
time the interest of $176.00 will be an additional receipt and to-
gether with the principal will be an available balance for expendi-
ture. From the cash balance of $7,441.08 shown in this report
there is an outstanding liability on account of the expense account
of the Grand Master, George S. Norfleet, of $213.73 and $480.00
for clerk to Grand Master, a total of $693.73, which was not filed
until the books were closed. This amount really reduces the avail-
able balance to $6,747.35 as shown by the figures below. If it is de-
sired to also add the returned check of $115.00 from the Soldiers’
Masonic Welfare Fund to the General Fund, then the amount will
be $6,862.35, with the still further amount of $824.00 and accrued
interest on account of the investment in War Savings Stamps.
This report is in no sense a statement of assets and liabilities,
therefore, this item is only shown as an expenditure, not an ex-
pense.
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Cash balance per cash book $7,441 08
Less expense of Grand Master, etc. 693 73
6,747 35
War Savings Stamps 824 00
7,571 35
Refund Soldiers’ Masonic Welfare Fund 115 00
Cash at close of last year 6,343 78
7,686 35
Excess over last year $1,342 57
Yours fraternally,
B. R. Lacy,
Grand Treasurer.
OONSOl.I'" VTED STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
RECEIPTS
Grand Lodge dues $ 31,679 80
Charters and dispensations 116 00
Rebecca Baird bequest 200 00
Interest, Moore legacy 60 00
Refund of Contingent Fund balance 504 46
Miscellaneous 282 80,
Soldiers’ Masonic Welfare Fund 3,121 14
Total for the year $35,964 20
Balance on hand at beginning of year
6,343 78
$42,307 98
DISBURSEMENTS
Salaries and expenses for clerical help $ 3,503 80
Rent ($700.00 for 1918, $250.00 for 1917), 950 00
Postage, stationery and printing 2,745 79
(Includes $1,927.25 for Oxford Asylum)
Floral designs and funeral expenses 31 74
Trench purses 144 35
Masonic Relief Association 264 85
Camp Sevier Lodge (See receipts above) 3,140 00
Interest, Moore legacy 60 00
Geo. Washington Masonic Memorial Asso-
ciation 100 00
Excelsior Lodge, Charlotte, N. C. 200 00
Jewel, 1917 Grand Master 25 00
Contingent Fund, Grand Secretary 1,000 00
Sundry expenses of the Grand Lodge dur-
ing 1918, and other sundry expenses
of Grand Lodge officers incurred
since 1,627 37
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Appropriations :
Oxford Orphan Asylum,
support $7,500 00
Oxford Asylum, repairs _ 3,750 00
Oxford Asylum, baby
branch 2,500 00
$13,750 00
Masonic and Eastern Star
Home $5,500 00
Masonic and Eastern Star
Home 1,000 00
$6,500 00
War Savings Stamps purchased 824 00
Total $34,866 90
Balance in bank 7,441 08
$42,307
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DISBURSEMENTS IN DETAIL
1918
V. No.
Jan. 17
John W. Cotten, expenses to G. L.
1377
$11 35
17
J. E. Cameron, expenses to G. L.
1378
27
25
17
W. C. Wicker, expenses to G. L.
1379
12
50
17
A. S. Holden, expenses to G. L.
1380
10
00
17
T. R. Robertson, expenses to G. L.
1381
12
26
22
F. P. Hobgood, expenses to G. L.
1382
13
60
23
W. D. Terry, expenses to G. L.
1383
6
25
24
Geo. S. Norfleet, expenses to G. L.
1384
21
65
24
Geo. S. Norfleet, expenses to G. L.
1385
125
17
26
Tar Heel Co., bond premiums
1386
25
00
30
Geo. S. Norfleet, War S. S.
1387
824
00
17
J. W. Patton, expenses to G. L.
1388-1
13
50
17
J. L. Nelson, expenses to G. L.
1388-2
32
70
17
J. W. Jones, expenses to G. L.
1388-3
17
40
17
J. W. Alford, expenses to G. L.
1388-4
20
45
17
J. W. Rowell, expenses to G. L.
1388-5
24
60
17
Willard G. Rogers, expenses to G. L.
1388-6
7
85
17
A. J. Ellington, expenses to G. L.
1388-7
5
72
17
R. J. Noble, expenses to G. L.
1388-8
9
00
17
J. M. Pittman, expenses to G. L.
1388-9
14
36
17
W. S. Liddell, expenses to G. L.
1388-10
14
85
17
C. M. Doyle, expenses to G. L.
1388-11
17
20
17
W. S. Reich, expenses to G. L.
1388-12
8
25
17
Chas. B. Newcomb, exnenses to G. L.
1388-13
29
70
17
B. S. Royster, expenses to G. L
1388-14
15
45
17
Henry A. Grady, expenses to G. L.
1388-15
30
60
17
Henry A. Grady, expenses to G. L. __
1388-16
18
00
17
Claude L. Pridgen, expenses to G. L.
1388-17
6
30
17
Claude L. Pridgen, expenses to G. L.
1388-18
29
91
17
J. LeG. Everett, expenses to G. L. __
1388-19
13
50
17
S. M. Gattis, expenses to G. L.
1388-20
12
50
17
R. F. Edwards, expenses to G. L.
1388-21
36
99
17
Leon Cash, expenses to G. L.
1388-22
23
06
17
Excelsior Lodge, Charlotte,
1388-23
200
00
17
J. T. Alderman, expenses to G. L.
1388-24
7
20
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Proceedings of the
17 H. M. Poteat, expenses to G. L. 1388-25 $ 10 00
17 H. M. Poteat, expenses to G. L. 1388-25 3 00
17 W. W. Holland, expenses to G. L. 1388-26 30 00
17 W. H. Church, expenses to G. L. 1388-27 8 55
17 J. C. Lane, expenses to G. L. 1388-28 14 25
17 C. A. Clark, expenses to G. L. 1388-29 15 15
17 Walter Dunston, expenses to G. L. __ 1388-30 14 25
17 R. H. Bradley, laundry, G. L. 1389 25 15
30 R. H. Bradley, salary, G. T 1390 50 00
31 M. DeLancey Haywood, For’gn Cor. 1391 150 00
Feb. 9 Carolina Power & Light Co. 1392 12 50
15 B. R. Lacy, G. T., on salary 1393 25 00
18 W. W. Willson, G. S., Contingent Fund 1394 1,000 00
18 W. W. Willson, G. S., ext’a cler’l appro. 1395 300 00
18 W. W. Willson, G. S., allowance 1396 600 00
18 W. T. Terry, stamps, G. Treas. 1397 40
23 W. B. McKoy, expenses to G. L. 1398 13 60
23 H. Mahler’s Sons, jewel 1399 25 00
27 S. M. Gattis, exp. Washington Memo. 1400 33 10
Mar. 11 Francis D. Winston, expenses to G. L. 1401 20 00
11 Horton’s Studio, engraving 1402 36 00
18 W. W. Willson, G. S., travel’g expenses 1403 19 10
21 James E. Thiem, furniture, G. S. 1404 42 00
25 Col. Geo. T. Bryan, Camp Sevier Lodge 1405 500 00
Apr. 1 B. R. Lacy, G. Treas. on salary 1406 25 00
1 Col. E. M. Blythe, Camp Sevier Lodge 1407 1,500 00
May 23 John W. Cotten, expen’s Bradley fun’l 1408 7 65
June 4 W. W. Willson, G. S., travel’g expen’s 1409 11 63
13 E. M. Blythe, Camp Sevier Lodge 1411 1,025 00
13 Leon Cash, expenses Bradley funeral 1413 8 59
13 American Art Works, trench purses 1414 70 95
27 B. R. Lacy, G Treas., on salary 1415 50 00
26 Masonic & East’n Star Home on appro. 1416 1,000 00
27 W. D. Terry, G. Tyler, expen’s Oxford 1417 11 25
27 W. W. Willson, G. S., expen’s to Oxford 1418 6 25
27 Leon Cash, expenses to Oxford 1419 9 47
July 13 J. E. Cameron, G. Cust., expen’s Oxf’d 1420 48 95
13 J. E. Cameron, G. Custodian 1421 15 00
13 J. W. Patton, expenses to Oxford 1422 37 62
13 J. L. Nelson, expenses to Oxford 1423 9 75
13 R. F. Edwards, expenses to Oxford__ 1424 36 05
13 J. W. Alford, expenses to Oxford : 1425 55 60
13 Leon Cash, expenses to Oxford 1426 33 08
13 W. W. Holland, expenses to Oxford__ 1427 20 75
13 J. W. Rowell, expenses to Oxford 1428 25 15
13 Horton’s Studio, photos G. L. officers 1429 54 00
23 S. N. Boyce, expen’s to Waynesville 1430 16 65
31 W. W. Willson, G. S., expen’s Waynsv. 1431 33 04
31 C. T. McClenaghan, Ass’t G.S., on sal’y 1432 75 00
31 Masonic Relief Ass’n 1433 264 85
Aug. 2 Edwards & Broughton Ptg. Co., Print’g 1434 36 00
9 American Art Works, trench purses 1435 73 40
12 B. R. Lacy, G. Treas., on salary 1436 25 00
Sept. 26 Edwards & Broughton Ptg. Co., Print’g 1437 190 50
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Oct. 7
12
22
Nov. 18
Dec. 13
1919
Jan. 6
6
6
9
9
11
11
11
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
B. R. Lacy, G. Treas., on salary
Masonic & East’n Star Home, on appro.
R. L. Brown, Supt., int’st Moore legacy
Henry A. Grady, expen’s D. G. M.__
B. R. Lacy, G. Treas., on salary
W. W. Willson, G. S., salary, 1918
Myrtle Smith, salary, 1918
Masonic Bldg. & Con. Co., Rent, G. S.,
Oxford Orphanage, printing
Mrs. R. H. Bradley, aprons
W. W. Willson, G. S., expen’s Graham
W. W. Willson, sundry expenses
W. W. Willson, G. S., postage
R. T. Gowan, G. Auditor
C. T. McClenaghan, Ass’t G. S., sal’y
Oxford Orphan Asylum, appro. Supt.
Oxford Orphan Asylum, repairs
Oxford Orphan Asylum, baby branch
Masonic East’n Star Home, bal. appro.
Masonic East’n Star Home, repairs__
B. R. Lacy, G. Treas., bal. salary 1918
W. W. Willson, G. S., extra clerc’l help
Geo. Washington Masonic Memo. Ass’n
Geo. T. Bryan, Camp Sevier Lodge__
1438
$ 25
00
1439
500
00
1440
60
00
1441
200
00
1442
25
00
1443
1,200
00
1444
600
00
1445
950
00
1446
1,927
25
1447
29
80
1448
4
69
1449
55
37
1450
549
64
1451
100
00
1452
75
00
1453
7,500
00
1454
3,750
00
1455
2,500
00
1456
4,000
00
1457
1,000
00
1458
25
00
1459
153
80
1460
100
00
1461
115
00
Total
$34,866 90
SCHEDULE OF SALARIES AND CLERICAL HELP IN DETAIL
Grand Secretary $1,200 00
Additional allowance 600 00
Clerk to Grand Secretai’y 600 00
Additional allowance for same 300 00
Grand Treasurer 200 00
Assistant Grand Secretary 150 00
Grand Auditor 100 00
Grand Tyler 50 00
Foreign Correspondence 150 00
Extra clerical help, Grand Secretary 153 80
Total (see consolidated statement) $3,503 80
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RECONCILIATION OF BANK ACCOUNT
Pass Book balance, January 15,
1919__
Deduct checks outstanding:
No. 1446
$1,927
25
1451
100
00
1452
75
00
1453 _ __
7,500
00
1454
3,750
00
1455
2,500
00
1456
4,000
00
1457
1,000
00
1458 _ __ __
25
00
1459 -
153
80
1460 __
100
00
1461
115
00
Balance in bank, per cash book
$21,246 05
(See statement of receipts and disbursements.)
$7,441 08
Grand Secretary’s Report
The following report of the Grand Secretary was
read and referred to the Board of General Purposes :
Raleigh, N. C., January 16, 1919.
To The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
Brethren : — It is with satisfaction and pleasure that I sub-
mit this my second annual report as your Grand Secretary. Not-
withstanding the unprecedented conditions caused by the war and
influenza which have confronted us during the past year, I am
enabled through the activity of the Secretaries of subordinate
Lodges and other energetic Masons in North Carolina to report
to this Grand Lodge what is probably the largest gain in member-
ship and collections ever reported in the history of the Grand
Lodge. We should be extremely grateful and render thanks to
God who inspired the activity of these Brethren, blessed their
labors and gave to us the increase.
ESTIMATE OF MEMBERSHIP
Number of Lodges in the jurisdiction Januai’y, 1918 444
Number of Lodges under dispensation 5
Number of Lodges that have made returns to date 408
Number of Master Masons at last report 27,257
Number initiated 2,485
Number passed 2,071
Number raised 2,126
Number admitted 416
Number reinstated 95
Number in Lodges under dispensation 71
Total 29,965
Number expelled 12
Number suspended 167
Number withdrawn 450
Number died 531
1,160
Number of Master Masons October 31, 1918 28,805
This gives us a net gain in membership during the year of 1,548.
REVENUE GRAND LODGE FUND
Receipts to January 1, 1919, from all sources $32,278 60
From Lodge dues $31,679 80
From charters and dispensation fees 116 00
Dues from members of defunct Lodges 69 00
Sale of Codes and proceedings, etc. 47 30
From fees 146 50
From S. F. Nicks, Treasurer No. 74 7 00
From miscellaneous receipts 13 00
From Rebecca Baird bequest from Oxford
Asylum 200 00
Paid by B. R. Lacy, Grand Treasurer, as
per his receipts $32,278 66
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f
This is an increase in Grand Lodge receipts of $3,438.27 over
last year.
WELFARE FUND OF NORTH CAROLINA SOLDIER MASONS
The following is a statement on account of this fund:
W. W. Willson, Grand Secretary, in account with North Carolina
Soldier Masons’ Welfare Fund:
Dr.
To amounts received from Lodges $ 3,109 14
To amounts received from individuals __ 12 00
Cr.
By amount paid Grand Treasurer as per his receipts
$3,121 14
$3,121 14
RECAPITULATION OF COLLECTIONS
Account of Grand Lodge Fund $32,278 60
Account of Welfare Fund 3,121 14
$35,399 74
CONTINGENT FUND
W. W. Willson, Grand Secretary, in account with Contingent Fund:
Dr.
Feb. 19, 1919, to cash from Grand Treasurer $1,000 00
Aug. 5, 1918, by cash from a Lodge for tele-
gram 1 55
Oct. 19, 1918, by cash from a Lodge for tele-
gram 1 85
Cr.
By amount paid out as per vouchers 1 to 53
inclusive 498 94
Jan. 14, 1918, by check paid to Grand Treas-
urer 504 46
$1,003 40
$1,003 40
The list of Lodges and individuals by districts with amounts
contributed to Soldier Masons’ Welfare Fund will be published
cither in the Grand Master’s report or at the end of this report.
DUPLICATE CHARTER ISSUED
Army Lodge A having lost its charter with other baggage when
sent to France, a duplicate charter was issued to it on August 12,
1918.
NEW LODGES
New Lodges have been established under dispensation of the
Grand Master as follows:
Feb. 26, 1918, Richland Lodge, U. D., at Small, Beaufort Co.,
N. C.
July 30, 1918, Ashe Lodge, U. D., at West Jefferson, Ashe Co.,
N. C.
Sept. 17, 1918, Yadkin Falls Lodge, U. D., at Badin, Stanly
Co., N. C.
Dec. 26, 1918, Warren Lodge, U. D., at Kenansville, Duplin
Co., N. C.
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SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
Special communications under authority of the Grand Master
have been held during the year as follows:
Goldsboro Jan. 28, 1918, to institute Goldsboro Lodge, No. 634.
Maysville May 3, 1918, to lay corner stone of Belgrade Meth-
odist church.
Raleigh, May 18, 1918, funeral of Grand Tyler Bradley.
Greensboro May 22, 1918, to lay corner stone of Guilford County
Court House.
Oxford June 25, 1918, St. John’s Day.
GOLDEN FLEECE LODGE, NO. 74
The charter of this Lodge having been forfeited in 1917, Capt.
A. J. Ellington, District Deputy Grand Master, on or about
March 22, 1918, visited Milton and wound up the affairs of this
Lodge, collecting from nine members of the Lodge $3.00 each,
under Section 206 of the Code and turning over to me the $27.00,
which is included in the item of my report “Dues from members
of defunct Lodges.” Seven of these Brethren have taken out
Grand Lodge dimits.
BUIE’S CREEK LODGE, NO. 503
This Lodge was revived shortly after the adj oui’nment of the
Grand Lodge last January. The cause of the Lodge going down
was a fire in 1916 which destroyed their Lodge room and property.
Subject to the approval of the Grand Lodge, I made settlement
with them by their paying their 1916 dues and agreed to recom-
mend that they not be held for their 1917 dues as the Lodge was
not at work. I trust this settlement will meet with the approval
of the Grand Lodge.
APPEALS FOR AID
Appeals for aid have been certified to for circulation during
the past year upon approval of the Charity Committee for the
following Lodges:
Star Lodge, No. 437; Blowing Rock Lodge, No. 458; Snow
Lodge, No. 363; Ottolay Lodge, No. 533; Montgomery Lodge, No.
309; White Rock Lodge, No. 392; Ottolay Lodge, No. 533; Balti-
more Lodge, No. 424; Mill Creek Lodge, No. 480.
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES
By order of the Grand Master, commissions have been issued
to the following Brethren as Grand Representatives of North
Carolina near their respective Grand Lodges:
British Columbia Samuel J. Willis
Ireland Martin H. Turnbull
Nevada A. L. McGinty
Portugal Lieut.-Col. Joao Estevao Augues
Bro. E. E. Griffin was commissioned as Grand Representative
of The Grand Lodge of Portugal near The Grand Lodge of North
'Carolina by the Grand Master ofThe Grand Lodge of Portugal.
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Proceedings of the
WAR ROSTER
Eighteen hundred and seventy-two North Carolina Masons have
been reported by the Secretaries of subordinate Lodges for regis-
tration on our Honor Roll or War Roster.
I fear that all of the Lodges have not reported the names of
their members in the Army and Navy, but as the war is now
over I feel that this list should be' closed and printed. I suggest
that this be done. A sufficient number of copies be printed to
furnish one to each Grand Lodge officer, each subordinate Lodge
in the State and each Grand Lodge. Unless there is objection,
this course will be carried out after the list has been submitted
to the Secretaries for verification.
DELINQUENT LODGES
Returns for 1917 have been secured from all Lodges failing to
make their returns by the convening of the Grand Lodge in Jan-
uary, 1918, and settlements have been made with them for 1917
dues, or they are in process of settlement, except Siloam Lodge,
No. 178; Balfour Lodge, No. 188; and Farmer Lodge, No. 404.
The Secretary of Siloam Lodge, No. 178, sent in a remittance
of $31.00 for Grand Lodge dues for 1917 without a report. After
several letters he finally submitted a report which was exceedingly
incomplete. I have written him in all eleven letters and received
only two or three responses; have not been able to hear from him
with information asked for to enable me to balance his 1917 report
and write a receipt. No report for 1918 has been received from
this Lodge.
Balfour Lodge, No. 188, has made report for 1917 but has not
paid dues for 1917, nor has it filed a report for 1918. Under in-
structions of the Grand Master, I went to Ashboro and secured
a settlement from this Lodge for the 1916 dues and thought that
the Lodge would continue at work. I was called away from the
Lodge on account of the death of the Grand Tiler.
Farmer Lodge, No. 404, has not made a report for either 1917
or 1918.
These three Lodges appear to be in bad condition.
PAST GRAND MASTER CALVIN JONES
Brother Haywood, Grand Historian, during the year just
passed secured a kodak photograph of Past Grand Master
Calvin Jones, who was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge for the
years 1817, 1818 and 1819, an enlarged picture of which now
occupies its proper place in the Grand Lodge room. Brother Hay-
wood will prepare a sketch of the life and service of this Brother
which will be published in the next Proceedings of the Grand
Lodge.
NECROLOGY
Five hundred and thirty-one Master Masons of this jurisdiction
have paid the last debt and entered that bourne “from whence no
traveler returns.” Among the number are two of the oldest mem-
bers of this Grand Lodge: Grand Tiler R. H. Bradley entered the
Grand Lodge in 1867 as representative of Wrn. G. Hill Lodge, No.
218, died May 17, 1918, was for fifty-one years a member of this
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Grand Lodge; Past Grand Master Samuel H. Smith, who made his
first appearance in the Grand Lodge in 1882, and at the next com-
munication, in 1884, was elected Junior Grand Warden. Brother
Smith died October 27, 1918, and, therefore was a member of this
Grand Lodge for thirty-six years. No men were better known or
loved by the Craft than these two Brethren.
FISCAL YEAR
Under the Constitution the fiscal year of the Grand Lodge ends
on October 31st of each year, while the Lodge term begins on July
1st and ends on June 30th, of the next year. Subordinate Lodge
Secretaries are only given thirty days in which to make up, file
their reports and pay the per capita tax to the Grand Secretary
as the law requires that all returns of Lodges and Grand Lodge
tax shall be in the hands of the Grand Secretary on or before
December 1, of each year.
The end of the fiscal year occurring in the midst of the Lodge
term is exceedingly confusing to the Secretaries in keeping accurate
records, as they have to keep a record for their Lodges of the year
ending June 30th and make up a record to the Grand Lodge for
the year ending October 31st. There are now four hundred and
forty-nine Lodges in North Carolina, including Lodges now under
dispensation, carrying a membership of 28,805. As the Grand
Lodge meets in January the Grand Secretary is given practically
only thirty days to secure the reports of Lodges, check them, have
inaccuracies corrected and write a receipt for dues. This involves,
in many instances, a correspondence of from three to five letters.
I respectfully submit that it is a matter of physical, as well as
mental, impossibility to accomplish the work of checking 449 re-
turns containing 29,000 names in the time now allowed to perform
this duty, determine accurately the number of members in each
subordinate Lodge and make a correct report to the Grand Lodge.
I, therefore, recommend that the fiscal year be changed from
October 31st to June 30th and the Secretaries be given until Sep-
tember 1st to make up and file their reports with the Grand Secre-
tary, who can then during the months of September and October
accurately check the same and with the assistance of the Secre-
taries correct any inaccuracies and notify the Secretaries of the
amount due, and that the Secretaries be then required to make
remittance during November as is now required by the Grand
Lodge law. I further recommend that a resolution be adopted
to instruct the Secretaries of Lodges to make up their returns for
the year 1919 from November 1, 1918, until June 30, 1919, and
transmit them to the Grand Secretary on or before September 1,
1919, and that remittances be made to cover them during November,
1919.
LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION
I would suggest that the Grand Secretary be authorized to pre-
pare a full set of books for Lodges under dispensation and that
he purchase and keep on hand two sets at all times and that, when
he issues a dispensation for a new Lodge, that he forward to the
Lodge one set of the books, adding the net cost to the fee charged
for dispensation. This suggestion is made in order to start all
new Lodges correctly and bring about a uniformity in records.
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I desire to express my appreciation to our Grand Master for
his brotherly consideration, advice and uniform courtesy shown
me in the discharge of my official duties. War activities neces-
sarily increased the duties of his office, as it did that of every
one else, but I have ever found him alert to advance and protect
every interest of Masonry and ready at all times to make any per-
sonal sacrifice to serve its interest.
I wish also to express thanks to my other associate Grand
Lodge officers for their kindness and courtesy, to most of the Secre-
taries of the subordinate Lodges for their co-operation.
Fraternally submitted,
WELFARE FUND OF NORTH CAROLINA SOLDIER MASONS
Amount Lodges contributed to this fund is shown in the fol-
lowing statement by districts:
FIRST DISTRICT
Unanimity Lodge No. 7 $17 00
Widow’s Son Lodge No. 75 5 00
Currituck Lodge No. 463 12 75
Wanchese Lodge No. 521 17 25
$52 00
$ 4 00
11 75
10 25
$26 00
THIRD DISTRICT
No. 104 $28 00
No. 294 10 00
No. 443 11 50
No. 509 15 00
No. 620 6 00
$70 50
FOURTH DISTRICT
King Solomon Lodge __
No. 56
$10 00
Roanoke Lodge
No. 203
_ _ 5 00
Potecasi Lodge
No. 418
22 75
Enfield Lodge
No. 447
25 00
Pendleton Lode-e
No. 524
13 00
Orr Lodge
Atlantic Lodge
Roper Lodge _
Belhaven Lodge
Fairfield Lodge
SECOND DISTRICT
Gatesville Lodge No. 126
Luke McGlaughan Lodge No. 504
Aulander Lodge No. &16
$75 75
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FIFTH
DISTRICT
Grimesland Lodge
. No. 475
$ 6 00
Ayden Lodge
. No. 498
20 00
Farmville T.odp'e
. No. 517
18 00
Shelmerdine Lodge .
. No. 545
9 00
$53 00
SIXTH
DISTRICT
St. John’s Lodge
. No. 4
$56 00
Radiance Lodge
. No. 132
9 00
Mount Olive Lodge _
No. 208
12 75
Rountree Lodp-e
No. 243
15 00
Pleasant Hill Lodge _
No. 304
17 50
Falling Creek Lodge
. No. 325
10 00
Harmony Lodge
. No. 340
10 00
Home Lodge
. No. 613
5 75
Seven Springs Lodge
. No. 631
5 00
$141 00
SEVENTH DISTRICT
St. John’s Lodge
. No. 3
$20 00
Franklin Lodge
No. 109
26 50
Rayhoro Lndp-e
No. 331
3 00
Mount Vernon Lodge
. No. 359
12 00
Rainbow Lodge
No. 479
2 50
Ionic Lodge
No. 583
7 50
$71 50
EIGHTH
DISTRICT
Zion Lodge
. No. 81
$15 00
Maysville Lodge
. No. 547 _ _
. 4 00
$19 00
NINTH
DISTRICT
Mill Creek Lodge
. No. 125 _ _
$12 50
$12 50
TENTH
DISTRICT
St. John’s Lodge
. No. 1
$76 25
Fair Rlnff Lodge
. No. 190
4 50
Wilmington Lodge
. No. 319
24 25
Orient Lodge
. No. 395
36 25
P.oardman Lodge
No. 536
9 00
Tabor Lodge
. No. 563
17 25
Waccamaw Lodge
. No. 596
7 00
$174 50
ELEVENTH DISTRICT
Laurinburg Lodge
. No. 305 _ .
$20 75
King Solomon Lodge
No. 313
4 25
Ashpole Lodge
. No. 528
11 25
$36 25
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TWELFTH DISTRICT
Southern Pines Lodge No. 484
Roberdel Lodge No. 507
Hamlet Lodge — No. 532
Glendon Lodge No. 610
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT
George Washington Lodge No. 174
McCormick Lodge No. 228
Flat Creek Lodge No. 285
White Hill Lodge No. 321
Siler City Lodge No. 403
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT
Palmyra Lodge No. 147
Pine Forest Lodge No. 186
Evergreen Lodge No. 303
Lebanon Lodge No. 391
King Hiram Lodge No. 466
Buie’s Creek Lodge No. 503
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT
Hiram Lodge No. 40
White Stone Lodge No. 155
Mount Pleasant Lodge No. 157
Wake Forest Lodge No. 282
Wendell Lodge No. 565
Sunrise Lodge No. 615
A. B. Andrews
W. W. Willson
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT
Kenly Lodge No. 257
Relief Lodge No. 431
Four Oaks Lodge No. 478
St. Patrick’s Lodge No. 617
Little River Lodge No. 620
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT
Joseph Warren Lodge No. 92
Mount Lebanon Lodge No. 117
Central Cross Lodge No. 187
Rockville. Lodge No. 411
Spring Hope Lodge No. 481
Rodgers Lodge No. 525
Lucama Lodge No. 527
Castalia Lodge No. 619
Bailey Lodge No. 633
$16 25
6 50
27 00
3 30
$53 05
$ 2 00
10 25
6 50
10 00
5 00
$33 75
$25 00
2 50
5 25
11 00
9 50
5 25
$58 50
$53 00
8 00
12 00
25 75
12 75
6 25
5 00
1 00
$123 75
$ 2 00
10 00
2 25
7 50
2 50
$24 25
$ 8 05
25 00
8 50
5 75
8 50
24 50
16 50
8 25
10 00
$115 05
BENJAMIN R. LACY,
GRAND TREASURER
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EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT
Concord Lodge No. 58
Stonewall Lodge No. 296
Conoho Lodge No. 399
David Bell Lodge No. 587
Queen City Lodge No. 602
NINETEENTH DISTRICT
Henderson Lodge No. 229
Youngsville Lodge No. 377
Evening Star Lodge No. 588
Norlina Lodge No. 630
TWENTIETH DISTRICT
Adoniram Lodge No. 149
Berea Lodge No. 204
Granville Lodge No. 380
Tally Ho Lodge No. 393
Oxford Lodge No. 398
TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT
Eagle Lodge No. 71
Bingham Lodge No. 272
Elon Lodge No. 549
TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT
Greensboro Lodge No. 76
Numa F. Reid Lodge No. 344
Lexington Lodge No. 473
Corinthian Lodge No. 542
Revolution Lodge ^ No. 552
TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT
Blackmer Lodge No. 127
Hanks Lodge No. 128
Montgomery Lodge No. 309
TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT
Stokes Lodge No. 32
Fulton Lodge No. 99
Scotch-Ireland No. 154
Eureka Lodge i No. 283
Stanly Lodge No. 348
Big Lick Lodge No. 476
Spencer Lodge No. 543
$20
00
24
50
6
75
5
00
25
00
$81 25
$32 25
20
00
9
00
12
75
$74 00
$ 7
00
3
40
10
00
14
50
28
50
$61 40
$26 00
12
75
6
25
$45
00
$73 00
40
00
12
25
54
00
29
25
j>208 50
$10
00
9
50
20
25
$39
75
$25 00
41
25
10
50
19
50
25
00
5
00
15
00
Gl-5
$141 25
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TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT
Bethel Lodge No. 372
St. Timothy Lodge No. 575
TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT
Phalanx Lodge No. 31
Excelsior Lodge No. 261
Matthews Lodge No. 461
Joppa Lodge No. 530
Williams Lodge No. 538
TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT
Lincoln Lodge No. 137
Gaston Lodge No. 263
Gastonia Lodge No. 369
South Fork Lodge No. 462
Cherryville Lodge No. 505
Mount Holly Lodge No. 544
Lowell Lodge No. 590
TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT
County Line Lodge No. 224
Lee Lodge No. 253
Campbelf Lodge No. 374
Grassy Knob Lodge No. 471
Statesville Lodge No. 487
Mooresville Lodge No. 496
THIRTIETH DISTRICT
Mocksville Lodge No. 134
Winston Lodge No. 167
Walnut Cove Lodge No. 629
THIRTY-FIRST DISTRICT
Granite Lodge No. 322
Rockyford Lodge No- 430
Elkin Lodge No. 454
Rusk Lodge No. 456
Pilot Lodge No. 493
State Road Lodge No. 540
Round Peak Lodge No. 616
THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT
Baltimore Lodge No. 424
West Bend Lodge No. 434
$10
00
11
00
$21
00
$50
00
50
00
16
00
61
75
13
00
$190
75
$25
00
16
50
20
50
11
75
7
25
12
50
10
00
$103
50
$ 6
75
10
00
8
30
5
50
26
50
21
75
$78
80
$22
00
86
00
10
25
$118
25
$28
00
15
00
17
00
7
50
6
00
10
00
5
25
$88
75
12
00
2
50
$14
50
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THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT
Moravian Lodge No. 353
Clingman Lodge No. 440
Pleasant Mount Lodge No. 441
Trap Hill Lodge No. 483
Ronda Lodge No. 566
Summit Lodge No. 580
Roaring Gap Lodge No. 599
THIRTY-FOURTH DISTRICT
King’s Creek Lodge No. 432
Crumpler Lodge No. 467
THIRTY-FIFTH DISTRICT
Watauga Lodge No. 273
Snow Lodge No. 363
Ashler Lodge No. 451
Cranberry Lodge No. 598
THIRTY-SIXTH DISTRICT
Catawba Valley Lodge No. 217
Catawba Lodge No. 248
Shawnee Lodge No. 382
Cookville Lodge No. 502
Maiden Lodge No. 592
Riverside Lodge No. 606
THIRTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT
Cleveland Lodge No. 202
Fallston Lodge No. 356
State Line Lodge No. 375
Lawndale Lodge No. 486
Sharon Lodge No. 537
Casar Lodge No. 579
THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT
Dunn’s Rock Lodge No. 267
Kedron Lodge No. 387
Mills Spi'ings No. 636
$12
00
13
75
7
00
2
00
9
00
5
00
9
50
Cn
00
25
$ 5
00
3
65
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oo-
65
$ 5
00
31
00
15
00
18
00
$69
00
$15
00
23
20
2
50
5
00
10
00
11
25
$66
95
$19
00
4
00
10
00
10
00
3
50
5
75
$52
25
$25
00
25
00
4
00
$54 00
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THIRTY-NINTH DISTRICT
Mount Hernon Lodge No. 118
Center Lodge No. 398
Biltmore Lodge No. 446
Barnardsville Lodge No. 511
Ottolay Lodge No. 533
Col. Robert Bingham
$112 50
13 00
9 75
10 00
5 00
5 00
$155 25
FORTIETH DISTRICT
Eastern Star Lodge No. 425 $ 7 00
Bee Log Lodge No. 548 2 00
$9 00
FORTY-FIRST DISTRICT
French Broad Lodge No. 292 $ 4 75
Pigeon River Lodge No. 386 73 75
Ivy Lodge No. 406 6 35
C. A. Clark 1 00
$85 85
FORTY-SECOND DISTRICT
Junaluska Lodge No. 145 $21 00
East La Porte Lodge No. 358 19 25
Dillsboro Lodge No. 459 8 00
Glenville Lodge No. 551 15 00
FORTY-THIRD DISTRICT
Notla Lodge No. 312
Bellview Lodge No. 416
Montgomei-y Lodge No. 426
Marble Spring Lodge No. 439
Shoal Creek Lodge No. 518
Grand View Lodge No. 608
FORTY-FOURTH DISTRICT
Western Star Lodge No. 91
Mystic Tie Lodge No. 237
Forest City Lodge No. 381
$63 25
$10 00
6 00
13 00
5 00
4 15
4 49
$42 64
$20 50
25 00
3 50
RECAPITULATION
Received from Lodges
Received from individuals
$49 00
$3,109 14
12 00
Paid to Grand Treasurer
$3,121 14
$3,121 14
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Since the above statement was compiled, the following Lodges
have made contributions as shown below:
Salem Lodge, No. 289 $40 00
Holly Springs Lodge, No. 115 6 25
University Lodge, No. 408 25 00
Eagle Springs Lodge, No. 477 5 00
Total $76 25
The Grand Secretary read the following communi-
cations :
Chapel Hill, N. C., January 20, 1919.
Mr. W. W. Willson, Grand Secretary, Raleigh, N. C.:
Dear Mr. Willson : I will be glad if you will extend to the
Grand Lodge an invitation from the North Carolina Good Roads
Association to attend a road meeting which is to be held in the
courthouse in Raleigh Wednesday afternoon, the 22nd. Enclosed
is copy of letters I am sending the members of the Legislature,
which will give the program for the meeting. We feel that the
Masons represent North Carolina’s progressive citizenship and
that they would be interested in helping solve the vital ques-
tion of securing a system of State Highways.
Yours very truly,
H. M. Berry,
Acting Secretary.
Tarboro, N. C., January 20, 1919.
Mr. Wilson,
Dear Sir: Kindly express my regrets to the Grand Lodge, as
I will be unable to be there this year on account of pneumonia,
following influenza.
Sincerely,
John W. Cotten,
Per F. C.
On motion of Past Grand Master B. S. Royster the
Grand Secretary was instructed to send a telegram of
sympathy to Past Grand Master John W. Cotten.
The Grand Secretary read the following telegram
from Bro. James H. Webb, Senior Grand Deacon :
Hillsboro, N. C., January 21, 1919.
W. W. Willson, Grand Secretary, Raleigh, N. C.:
Deeply regret cannot attend Grand Lodge account children
having influenza.
James H. Webb.
The Grand Secretary read the following extract from
a letter of Past Grand Master Pridgen’s :
I do wish that I could get back for the Grand Lodge but I
hardly dare hope for that. If I should not, tell them I am think-
ing of them and longing to be right there.
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Army Lodge is doing her bit and has meant much in this
Regiment. We work whenever we can stop long enough and
expect to mail our returns after a meeting next Saturday. We
are keeping strictly to law of the Grand Lodge and the history of
this Regiment will be written in our minutes and presented to
the Grand Lodge. I don’t think that the Grand Lodge will be
ashamed of us or regret our existence.
Report of Grand Auditor
Bro. R. T. Gowan, Grand Auditor, submitted the fol-
lowing report, which was read and referred to the
Finance Committee:
Raleigh, N. C., January 14, 1919.
To The Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
This is to certify that I have examined the books and accounts
of Bro. W. W. Willson, Grand Secretary, and find that since last
report to the Grand Lodge in January, 1918, he has collected, as
evidenced by receipt stubs, the following amounts, all of which
have been properly paid to the Grand Treasurer, as per receipts
given by him:
From Lodge dues $31,679 80
From Charters and Dispensations 116 00
From Members of Defunct Lodges (dues) 69 00
From Rebecca Baird Bequest Oxford Orphan Asylum 200 00
From Sales of Codes, Proceedings, etc. 47 30
From Fees, Suspensions, Expulsions and Certificates-- 146 50
From S. F. Nicks, Treasurer No. 74 7 00
From Miscellaneous Receipts 13 00
$32,278 60
Respectfully submitted,
R. T. Gowan,
Auditor for Grand Lodge.
January 15, 1919.
To the Grand Lodge of North Carolina :
I have audited the Grand Secretary’s Contingent Fund, also the
North Carolina Soldier Masons’ Welfare Fund, and find the re-
ceipts as evidenced by the receipt stubs to be correct, and proper
receipted vouchers for all money disbursed.
CONTINGENT FUND
From the Grand Treasurer $1,000 00
From Lodges for telegrams : 3 40
disbursed $1,003 40
By vouchers Nos. 1 to 53 inclusive $ 498 94
Receipt from Treasurer for balance 504 46
$1,003 40
NORTH CAROLINA SOLDIER MASONS’ WELFARE FUND
Amount received from Lodges $3,109 14
Amount received from individuals 12 00
Amount paid to the Grand Treasurer as per receipt $3,121 14
Respectfully submitted,
R. T. Gowan,
Grand Lodge Auditor.
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Proceedings of the
January 1, 1919.
To The Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
After a careful examination of all books, vouchers and receipts
of the Treasurer, I beg to submit herewith my report of audit
of the Oxford Orphan Asylum for the period of November 1, 1917,
to November 1, 1918. My report is in condensed form, as the
report to be submitted by the Institution goes into detail and a
lengthy report would be simply a repetition of facts and figures.
My report corresponds with their report in total.
GRAND TOTAL RECEIPTS
General Fund $ 79,248 34
Printing Office account 24,754 84
Woodworking Shop account 17,781 61
Special incomes 9,342 86
$131,127 65
Balance in Bank Nov. 1, 1917, Gen’l Fund $2,990 06
Balance in Bank Nov. 1, 1917, Ptg. Office 425 55
Balance in Bank Nov. 1, 1917, Wood Shop 2,377 85
Balance in Bank Nov. 1, 1917, Spec’l income 1,341 02
7,134 48
$138,262 13
GRAND TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS
General Fund $ 82,218 69
Printing Office account 25,107 74
Woodworking Shop account 18,676 99
Special incomes 10,094 06
$136,097 48
Balance in Bank Gen’l Fund, Nov. 1, 1918 $19 71
Balance in Bank, Ptg. Office, Nov. 1, 1918 72 65
Balance in Bank Wood Shop, Nov. 1, 1918 1,482 47
Balance in Bank spec’l income, Nov. 1, 1918 589 82
2,164 65
$138,262 13
Respectfully submitted,
R. T. Gowan,
Grand Lodge Auditor.
Raleigh, N. C., January 18, 1919.
To The Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
I hereby certify that I have examined the books and vouchers
of Grand Treasurer B. R. Lacy, for the past fiscal year and find
them to be correct in every particular.
I find the following receipts and disbursements since last annual
meeting of the Grand Lodge:
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RECEIPTS
From Grand Secretary — dues, charters and dispensa-
tions $32,278 60
From Grand Secretary N. C. Soldier Masons’ Fund 3,121 14
From Grand Secretary balance Contingent Fund__ 504 46
From interest on note Moore legacy 60 OO
$35,964 20
Balance last report 6,343 78
$42,307 98
DISBURSEMENTS
Vouchers on file $34,866 90
Balance as per statement Merchants’ National Bank 7,441 08
$42,307 98
Respectfully submitted,
R. T. Gowan,
Auditor Grand Lodge.
Bro. F. M. Holley, Chairmain of the Committee on
By-laws, submitted the following report, which was read
and referred to the Jurisprudence Committee :
To The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
Your Committee on By-laws beg to report that by-laws from
95 subordinate Lodges have been received and examined, and
those from Lodges 1, 4, 7, 32, 91, 118, 208, 210, 230, 273, 282,
294, 304, 306, 310, 353, 374, 377, 380, 399, 440, 454, 467, 483,
484, 516, 525, 532, 540, 559, 599, 613, 615, 616, 630, 633, 636,
have been approved and returned to Lodges and copy of same,
except from Lodges 118, 230, 294, 304, 306, 310, 374, 380, 483,
532, 559, 616 and 630, which did not have the seal of the Lodge
affixed and were returned to the Lodge with the request to affix
the seal and forward the copy to the Grand Secretary for his
file.
By-laws from Lodges 3, 8, 31, 75, 76, 83, 109, 138, 143, 147,
157, 174, 176, 186, 203, 224, 228, 261, 292, 303, 313, 314, 343,
348, 369, 373, 386, 390, 411, 415, 419, 425, 437, 461, 464, 473,
480, 509, 517, 519, 520, 521, 524, 530, 533, 538, 548, 565, 566, 572,
576, 582, 606, 610, have not been approved and were returned and
are now with the Lodges for correction.
By-laws from Lodges 394, 426 and 693 are now in the hands of
the committee.
Exception has been taken by some Lodges as to the authority
of this committee in refusing to approve by-laws that were
copies of by-laws for the government of Lodges in the 1915 Code,
notwithstanding the fact that this committee, in its 1917 report,
called attention to the fact that certain sections of that form
conflicted with the Code.
We recommend that a revised form of by-laws for the govern-
ment of Lodges, conforming to the Code, be submitted to the
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Grand Lodge, at its next annual communication, for its consider-
ation.
Respectfully submitted,
F. M. Holley,
Chairman.
Bro. Marshall DeL. Haywood, Chairman of the For-
eign Correspondence Committee, submitted his report,
which was read and referred to the Jurisprudence Com-
mittee :
Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren of the Grand Lodge:
My reviews of Foreign Correspondence will be turned over to
the Grand Secretary, for publication, in due season.
Ever since the last Grand Lodge instructed me to take under
consideration the subject of whether or not The Grand Lodge of
North Carolina should extend fraternal recognition to any of the
Grand Bodies with which it does not now affiliate, I have been
bombarded with communications in “unknown tongues” until I
am well-nigh shell-shocked.
During the late war, some American Grand Lodges placed
themselves in the inconsistent position of giving their members
leave to hold Masonic intercourse with Masons under the juris-
diction of Grand Lodges which these American Grand Lodges have
never yet formally recognized. No American Grand Lodge, so
far as I am able to learn, has yet taken final action as to the
recognition of Grand Lodges in any of the foreign countries
whose Masonry has not heretofore been recognized by Grand
Lodges in the United States. Practically all of the American
Grand Lodges have decided that the question of recognition
should be deferred until a still later time, when affairs have
become normal once more after the confusion following in the
wake of the war just ended.
Some Grand Lodges have taken the matter of the recogni-
tion of unrecognized Grand Lodges out of the hands of the Com-
mittee on Foreign Correspondence, and have appointed a special
committee to consider the matter. I recommend that The Grand
Lodge of North Carolina take similar action, for there is no
danger of finding a committee which knows less about such
matters than I do.
Fraternally submitted,
Marshall DeLancey Haywood,
Committee on Foreign
Correspondence.
Raleigh, N. C., January 21, 1919.
Past Grand Master S. M. Gattis, from the Masonic
Temple Committee, submitted the following report, which
was read and adopted :
To The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
The Masonic Temple Committee herewith submits its annual
report for the calendar year 1918:
During the past year the receipts from rent have been the
largest in its history, due to the fact that on October 1st all our
space was rented, owing to the United States Government taking
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considerable space to accommodate the State Registration Bureau
of the Adjutant General’s office. Of course, with the coming of
peace, part of this space will again become vacant and we will
have to look for other tenants to take that space.
During the past year we payed $2,500.00 on our first mort-
gage indebtedness and also $1,000.00 on the Construction Com-
pany’s notes, and sold one $50.00 second mortgage bond, which
reduces our indebtedness reported a year ago from $54,050.00
down to $50,600.00.
Following out the directions of the report made in January,
1918, the notes to the Temple Committee were executed and the
bonds delivered, which are not shown in the statements this
year, as the firm of accountants, whom we had engaged to audit
our books in the late summer, notified us that they had been
called into Government service for war work, and we were
unable to get another accountant.
We have made arrangements for an accountant about March
or April to audit the affairs of the Temple, for the calendar
years 1917 and 1918, which will give detailed information as to
the affairs of the Temple.
Early in November, at the direction of Grand Master 'Nor-
fleet, the committee opened the Library room as a Masonic Red
Circle Club, under the auspices of the Masonic Board of Relief
of Raleigh, (composed of the three Lodges of Raleigh), for the
benefit of the soldiers then stationed at Camp Polk. During the
fifteen days’ time it was open up to their departure, the middle
of November, it was visited by between 3,000 and 3,500 soldiers,
and over 2,500 letters were written, probably 1,500 to wives,
mothers, sisters and sweethearts. The local Lodges furnished
the stationery, magazines and newspapers, while the Temple fur-
nished the room, heat and janitor service.
We would call to the attention of the Grand Lodge that the
appropriation of $7,500.00 towards financing the affairs of the
Temple were discontinued in January, 1917, and it is now financ-
ing itself, so this committee see no occasion to ask the Grand
Lodge for any appropriation.
In making the budget a year ago the item of rent for the
Grand Secretary’s office was slightly understated, and we would
ask that this item in the budget be increased from $700.00 to
$900.00 annually, in order that its rent per square foot may
be brought up with rentals received from other tenants.
\ Attached hereto is a statement of receipts and disbursements
and also the Masonic Temple operating account settled by months
which are as follows:
RECEIPTS
Cash in bank $
Received from sale of water heater $ 23 75
Received from C. P. & L. Company refund 86 20
Received from outside subscriptions 30 00
Received from donations 8 00
Received from interest 7 28
Received in rents from Temple during the
year 14,421 45>
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2,447 12
14,576 68
17,053 80
Total
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DISBURSEMENTS
Paid out for interest during the year $ 2,276 92
Paid out for operating the Masonic Temple
building, including heat, light, eleva-
tor, janitor’s services, taxes and
other items 6,836 23
Paid for repairs to building 1,730 93
Paid out for insurance 577 18
Paid out for expense 524 62
Paid for investment 500 00
Paid on first mortgage bonded indebtedness 2,500 00
Paid out for notes in bank 1,000 00
$ 15,945 88
Balance in bank $ 1,107 92
LIABILITIES
First mortgage bond indebtedness due $ 7,500 00
Second mortgage indebtedness 30,100 00
Construction Company’s notes 12,000 00
Loan of Moore Fund from Grand Treasurer 1,000 00
Total indebtedness January, 1919 __ $ 50,600 00
MASONIC TEMPLE OPERATING ACCOUNT
Dr.
To rent received January, 1918 $ 1,329 50
To rent received February, 1918 441 00
,To rent received March, 1918 1,280 50
To rent received April, 1918 1,104 10
To rent received May, 1918 1,816 60
To rent received June, 1918 932 80
To rent received July, 1918 800 00
To rent received August, 1918 1,284 10
To rent received September, 1918 1,100 50
To rent received October, 1918 1,445 30
To rent received November, 1918 909 94
To rent received December, 1918 1,977 11
$ 14,421 45
Cr.
To operating expenses January, 1918 $ 316 14
To operating expenses February, 1918 510 07
To operating expenses March, 1918 618 84
To operating expenses April, 1918 403 57
To operating expenses May, 1918 438 85
To operating expenses June, 1918 954 41
To operating expenses July, 1918 389 75
To operating expenses August, 1918 1,045 13
,To operating expenses September, 1918 __ 266 51
To operating expenses October, 1918 502 18
To operating expenses November, 1918 __ 608 67
<To operating expenses December, 1918 783 11
6,836 23
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SUMMARY FOR 1917-1919
Dr.
A. B. Andrews, Treasurer
Masonic Temple operating account
Real Estate account
Insurance account
Interest account
Investment account
Expense account
Repairs to building account
Cr.
Cash collected on subscriptions Grand
Lodge $ 74,000 00
Cash collected on Raleigh subscriptions 16,248 63
Cash collected on subscriptions outside 17,123 93
Cash collected — donations 23,803 95
Cash collected — rents 128,358 32
Cash collected — bills payable 20,500 00
Cash collected — Masonic Fair 3,623 08
Cash collected — sale of poems 353 35
Cash collected — Miscellaneous 155 41
Cash collected — Masonic Dramatic Ass’n__ 396 05
Unclassified accounts 828 53
Total $ 285,391 25
Respectfully submitted,
W. S. Liddell,
B. S. Royster,
John S. Cuningham,
Francis D. Winston,
R. J. Noble,
S. M. Gattis,
Andrew J. Harris
A. B. Andrews,
Geo. S. Norfleet,
W. W. Willson.
$ 1,107 92
55,437 86
173,399 80
5,321 01
35,449 85
500 00
3,757 60
10,417 21
285,391 25
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Past Grand Master Royster read the following report
of the Directors of Oxford Orphan Asylum, which was
referred to Orphan Asylum Committee :
Report of Board of Directors
To The Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
The past year, the most eventful and pregnant of all
the years in the history of our Nation, has brought to
your Institution a full measure of grave responsibilities,
coupled with manifold blessings for which we are pro-
foundly grateful.
In the world conflict for the preservation of civiliza-
tion and human liberty “our boys and girls” have played
their part most nobly. Our Service Flag has 82 stars
on it, and two of these stars are Golden to commemorate
the heroic sacrifice made by Lieut. Calvin Capps and
Oliver Howell; others may have answered the final call
while battling for Freedom, whose deaths have not been
reported to us, but let us forever hold in sacred memory
the names of Capps and Howell, our heroes, whose
bravery and devotion to duty is a blessed heritage of our
beloved Institution, their alma mater.
We are pleased to report to you that Oxford Orphan
Asylum has emerged from the stirring events of the past
year in a reasonably satisfactory condition to us; not so
good as we desired and labored for, but on the whole
about as good as could have been expected.
Three distressing epidemics have afflicted the chil-
dren during the year; in January, pneumonia, which was
most serious and violent, and three of the children died ;
in July, whooping cough came and stayed with us for
some time, but no child died from its effects ; and in
October influenza made its appearance and 250 children
were stricken with this dread disease ; there were 41
cases of pneumonia following this sore affliction and 4 of
the children died. Those of us who had an opportunity
to personally observe the conditions while this epidemic
was raging wish to assure this Grand Lodge of the un-
failing fidelity and willing sacrifices of the officers and
teachers and every helper and employee of the Institu-
tion ; and in this connection we make grateful and public
acknowledgment of the generous and loyal response of
the citizens of Oxford and Granville County to the ur-
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gents needs of this crisis ; especially do we commend in
the very highest terms the faithful and willing work of
the ladies of Oxford and community for the relief and
comfort of our children, God’s little ones. They nursed
them day and night and cooked for them; in short,
wherever a service had to be rendered, these noble
women, without regard to the danger of contracting the
disease, and with such personal inconvenience and sacri-
fice, were Angels of Mercy. We secured as many nurses
as could be found, but there was so much to do, and these
unselfish and Christian women dedicated themselves to
this task “in the Master’s name.” No words of praise
and gratitude are too extravagant for them. By the
mercy of God the Baby Cottage escaped this epidemic.
There were on the roll of the Institution at the be-
gining of the year 375 children, 174 girls and 201 boys ;
admitted during the year 20 girls and 29 boys, a grand
total of 424; of these 32 were returned to their people,
2 were sent to foster homes, 22 took positions, 8 went off
to school, 1 girl and 12 boys ran away, 7 boys were ex-
pelled, and 1 girl and 2 boys died, making a total de-
duction of 87, leaving in the Institution, November 1,
1918, a total of 337, 160 girls 'and 177 boys. In this con-
nection it is well to note that the figures given are from
November 1, 1917, to November 1, 1918.
During the year there has been a large number of
applications for the admission of children to the Institu-
tion. Most of these applications have been approved and
the children are being admitted as rapidly as possible.
Our policy is to approve every application if it is possible
for us to do so, and the ones that have been disapproved
were most carefully considered and each one came with-
in some well established rule of long standing.
Our School work has progressed splendidly and this
department is improving from year to year. Our chil-
dren are given the very best instruction and the courses
of study are on the same plane, if not better, of the best
Graded Schools of the State. Attention is invited to the
report of the School work made by the Lady Supervisor.
The industrial departments have all done well dur-
ing the year and we are proud of the work being done
by them. The boys are taught and trained in the Print-
ing Office, the Wood-working Shop, the Shoe Shop and
on the Farm. We regard this training of prime impor-
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tance. The Printing Office, the Shoe Shop and the Farm
show gratifying profits which attest the efficiency of
those in charge of these departments. While the Wood-
working Shop shows a small loss, this is in no wise due
to the management of this branch of our work, but is
attributable to the very limited building operations al-
lowed during the war period.
The Orphans’ Friend is steadily growing in popular
favor, its subscription list is larger than ever, having
reached the largest in its existence, being now over 16-
500, and the paper is better than in its history. Its editor
is a cultured and capable gentleman, whose writings are
wholesome and uplifting. We cannot too strongly urge
upon the Masons of the State the importance of subscrib-
ing for this splendid family and fraternal paper.
Our Singing Class still holds first place in the minds
and hearts of the people of the State. Its record is one
to be proud of ; it not only entertains and instructs its
audiences but gives them such a delightful and inspiring
insight into the great work of our Institution. In spite
of the fact that the Class was prevented by influenza
from giving about 40 concerts on its fall tour, the net re-
ceipts from, the Class during the year were $16,229.43.
It will be worth your while to read carefully the report
of the Manager, Mr. L. W. Alderman.
The Superintendent’s home has been completed since
our last report and paid for in full. We found it to be
absolutely necessary to enlarge the Cook Room and the
Dairy, and these additions have been completed at a cost
of $4,657.62, of which amount we had to borrow the sum
of $2,500.00, and this is still outstanding. We call your
especial attention to the fact that not one cent of the
money for the maintenance of the children has been put
into any of these buildings ; the building expenses have
been met from profits of the Printing Office and legacies.
In order to make minor repairs to the buildings of
the Institution we have had to spend the sum of $5,250.63
during the year. In addition to this we were obliged to
spend $2,612.65 for minor improvements and $905.48 for
insurance, a total of $8,768.76, every cent of which had
to be paid from funds which were raised for the support
of the children. We had no other source from which
to get the money. We have repeatedly called your atten-
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tion to the condition of the buildings at_your Institution
and we again emphasize the fact that the time has come
when something will have to be done to prevent most
serious damage and decay to this valuable property.
These repairs have been taken care of by infringing upon
the maintenance fund. We have not been willing thus
far to do the work which should be done on the buildings.
Good business on your part demands that these buildings,
your own property, be saved. Time is of the essence of
this work, and now is the time to act. We have also been
paying the insurance for the past two years from the
maintenance fund. This ought to be provided for by a
separate appropriation by the Grand Lodge.
We take it for granted that this body of business men
are entirely familiar with the high cost of living, and we
beg to assure you that Oxford Orphan Asylum has been
hard hit by this nation-wide condition. You commis-
sioned us to care for, feed, clothe and educate your wards
and we have done the best we know to be faithful to this
trust. But, Brethren, it takes money to do the things you
require of us. We have spent all you gave us, and we
believe that we have spent it economically, but we
couldn’t pay our bills without borrowing money. We
did this very thing, and pledged your property and our
credit for the sum of $6,200.00' to buy food and clothes
and other necessary supplies for the children, and we
still owe this amount. Candor compels us to say that we
would have borrowed more if it had been necessary to
keep these children from suffering, and we believe you
will approve our action in borrowing the amount needed
and that you will arrange for its repayment.
It has cost $146.47 per capita to feed, clothe, care for
and educate the children during the past year and there
is no prospect of reducing this amount in the near future.
The Institution has received the following legacies
during the year :
E. P. Hubbard, Halifax County $ 2,171.95
E. P. Hubbard, Halifax County, 3 shares of bank stock,
par value 300.00
Mrs. Jennie Paine, Lincoln County (We expect $2,000.00
more from this estate during the coming year) 1,000.00
Mrs. Rebecca, Bledsoe Buxton, Cumberland County 30.00
Wm. Franklin Adams, Wilkes County (We expect an ad-
ditional sum from this estate during the coming-
year, perhaps as much as $400.00) 700.00
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In addition to the above legacies we have been notified
of several other amounts which will be paid, we hope
during the coming year.
In order that we might make a permanent record of
all legacies which have been given to the Institution and
for the further purpose of getting information as to le-
gacies not reported to the Institution, the Secretary of
our Board wrote to the Clerk of the Court or to some
Mason in each county in the State requesting that certain
information be given with respect to bequests and gifts
to Oxford Orphan Asylum in will recorded in such coun-
ty. As a result of these inquires we have been able to
locate a number of legacies not heretofore reported to
the Asylum. All of this information will be kept here-
after in a book specially prepared for this purpose.
The Hospital on our grounds has answered our pur-
poses very well during the past years, but the building
is getting old and will have to be repaired and added to
if it is retained as such, which we do not think advisable.
We, therefore, recommend that a new hospital be built on
the grounds, fitted with modern equipment and facilities
for open air treatment for diseases requiring same.
We need and must have more money from the Grand
Lodge to carry on this glorious work. We feel that you
want us to have all we need. The present conditions and
needs of the work justify us in asking the Grand Lodge
to make the following appropriations :
For The Baby Cottage $ 5,000.00
For The Asylum General Maintenance 10,000.00
For Repairs 5,000.00
For Insurance 1,000.00
These amounts may seem large, and we admit it, but
you must bear in mind that this enterprise calls for large
and increasing contributions to carry on the work we
have undertaken. We are not asking merely for the
sake of the asking, but we must have these amounts or go
in debt.
The year which lies out before us calls for the best
that is in us. We have learned in these latter days what
a privilege it is to give, and here we have an object
worthy of our highest endeavors. It shall not suffer
while the great heart of North Carolina is attuned to
sweet charity and unselfish devotion to duty. These lit-
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tie hearts over in Oxford are praying for you tonight and
their bright eyes will be made brighter when they know
that you have heard and heeded their cry.
“He exists, but never lives.
Who all receives, but nothing gives.”
Respectfully submitted,
George S. Norfleet, Grand Master,
Ex officio Chairman.
John W. Cotten,
T. A. Green,
A. B. Andrews,
J. Bailey Owen,
E. F. Lovill,
Bred Peacock,
R. L. Flowers,
B. S. Royster,
Directors.
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Report of Superintendent
To the Board of Directors of the Oxford Orphan Asylum :
Gentlemen : Forty-six years in the life of this Insti-
tution have rolled away. What good has been accom-
plished by the passing of the 3,300 children who have
been educated and trained here can not be estimated.
The influences for good set in motion in those young
hearts will never cease to exert themselves until the An-
gel shall proclaim that time shall be no more.
This has been a very peculiar year. We have had
some very trying times and very sad experiences. The
Good Lord has been testing us in His crucible and we
pray that we may not have been found wanting. I feel
that I can truly say that the officers and teachers have
shown a most beautiful spirit of devotion to this Insti-
tution and I wish to express here the gratitude I feel for
their faithful support.
The devotion of our boys to the cause of our country
during the war was especially gratifying. We have on
our service flags the names of 82 of our boys and girls
who enlisted for service and for Red Cross work, but we
are. satisfied there are a number who did service whose
names we have not gotten. The sad part in this chapter
of our history is that we have to record the death of two
of this number who gave their lives for their country;
Lieut. Calvin Capps and Oliver Howell, whose places on
our flag are represented by golden stars.
We have been afflicted with three epidemics during
the year. In January the pneumonia broke out among
the children and claimed three of our number.
In July the whooping cough began and continued for
some time, but none of it was fatal.
In October the Spanish influenza started and was
not abated until 250 children had it and 41 cases of pneu-
monia developed from it. This resulted in the death of
four of our children.
These deaths have made us very sad. We did not
spare any expense or trouble to save them, but it seemed
that our Heavenly Father had decreed otherwise. We
bow in humble submission to His will.
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I am glad to record we were fortunate in being able
to keep this disease out of the Baby Cottage.
Dr. T. L. Booth, who generally makes a report on the
health of the children, says he has been unable to do so
this year (although we have held the forms open to the
last) on account of the influenza epidemic, which has
kept him going night and day.
The Singing Class has had a fine year. The concert
seemed to be more popular than usual and the receipts
were the largest on record. We are indebted to Bro. L.
W. Alderman and Miss Myrtle Branch for valuable ser-
vice in this department. I refer you to Mr Alderman’s
report for particulars.
Before passing from this feature of the report I can-
not refrain from taking up your time to express the deep
and sincere gratitude we feel to the citizens of Oxford
for the manner in which they came to our assistance dur-
ing the influenza epidemic. We could not have served
the sick children with food or nursed them as they were
nursed had it not been for the timely assistance they so
beautifully and willingly rendered us.
For details in regard to the condition of the child-
ren’s teeth I respectfully refer you to the report of our
dentist, Dr. T. T. Frazier.
For detailed information in connection with the cot-
tage and school work I refer to the report of our most
faithful and efficient Lady Supervisor, Miss N. N. Bemis,
upon whose shoulders has fallen this year more respon-
sibility than ever in the management of matters pertain-
ing to her departments.
For information about the financial affairs of the In-
stitution, Printing Office, Woodworking Shop, Shoe Shop
and Farm, I refer you to the report of Mr. F. P. Bland,
our most efficient Treasurer.
However. I will take your time to elaborate on some
features of this report which seem to demand special at-
tention at this time.
You will notice the receipts from all sources were
greater than for any previous year in the history of the
Institution, being $73,048.34 as compared with $68,982.-
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88 for last year ; but the expenses were still larger, being
$82,218.69 for 1918 as against $66,953.10 for 1917.
We were compelled to borrow $6,200,00 included in
the above receipts, in order to pay all our bills in full to
the end of the fiscal year (October 31st).
You wjll also notice we paid out for the ordinary up-
keep of the property, which does not include permanent
improvements to the Superintendent’s residence, Cook
Room and Dairy, the sums as follows, viz: Minor Im-
provements, $2,612.65 ; Repairs, $5,250.63 ; Insurance,
$905.48; Total, $8,768.76. This amount was paid out of
the fund raised for the maintenance of the children. 1
would respectfully suggest that some way be found to
supply all funds for the upkeep of the buildings here,
other than paying for the same from funds which were
raised to support the children.
In this connection I wish to call your attention to the
condition of the buildings on the grounds. For some
years they have not had any money spent on them except
what was absolutely needed, until now they are badly
needing considerable money spent on them to put them in
thorough repair. It will be necessary to raise about $15,-
000.00 to do the repairs and the minor improvements
which ought to be done during the next year.
Our Hospital has answered our purpose very well
during the past years and our children have there been
able to receive as good attention as is afforded in the
average home, but I feel that the time has now come for
us to make plans for the erection of an up-to-date hospital
building. I, therefore, suggest that you take this matter
under advisement.
We have completed the home of the Superintendent
during the year and paid for the same. The addition to
the Cook Room and Dairy have also been completed.
These will cost $4,657.62 and we had to borrow $2,500.00
to complete them. This amount will be raised from funds
we expect to be getting in from legacies and invested
funds or profits from the Printing Office, as all the money
so far spent on these has been raised. None of it has
been taken from the fund for the maintenance of the
children.
During the year we had two representatives from
the State Agricultural Department to come and examine
our dairy equipment and barns with a view to recom-
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mending what was best to do to improve the same. After
thoroughly looking into the matter they recommended
that we add to our present milk house a modern dairy
equipment, with steam, in order to sterilize the milk ves-
sels. This we have done. They further recommended
that it would be necessary, in order to make conditions
as sanitary as they should be, to build a new cow barn.
This we have, not done, but I most earnestly recommend
that plans be made to carry out their recommendation
during this year, as it is absolutely necessary.
As I have previously stated our friends have been
more generous in their donations for the fiscal year end-
ing October 31st than in any previous year in the history
of the institution. The evidence of the interest of the
people in the welfare of this work is most gratifying.
In this connection allow me to say that we have
received during the year three legacies as follows :
From Mrs. Rebecca Bledsoe Buxton, of Cumberland
County $ 30 00
From Mrs. Jennie Paine, of Lincoln County 1,000 00
From E. P. Hubbard, of Halifax County 2,171 95
Total legacies received $ 3,201 95
These funds were used in making the permanent im-
provements spoken of above.
We are particularly grateful for these tokens of re-
membrance. from these departed friends. In these days
of plenty I do not feel that those of our friends who have
been blessed with a goodly portion of this world’s goods
can do better than to make arrangements to leave a por-
tion of their wealth to help build up an endowment fund
for this Institution.
Respectfully submitted,
R. L. Brown,
Superintendent.
Report of Lady Supervisor
Mr. R. L. Brown, Superintendent Oxford Orphanage:
Mr. Brown : In presenting the report for the cur-
rent year I wish to call attention to certain conditions
that have been noted in the life of the Institution.
A certain restlessness, a tendency toward lawless
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behavior and a reaching out for the seemingly impossible
have been observed in the conduct of the children
throughout the year which has been a source of great
anxiety to teachers and matrons alike.
The unrest of mankind in general may have had its
influence, and various other causes, near or more remote,
may have been responsible for this state of affairs. One
chief cause, however, has been the scarcity of labor in the
country, large inducements having been offered the boys
in some instances to go out to work on the farms, and to
take other positions. Consequently a number of boys
have left the Orphanage without permission.
But from whatever cause, the problem is still re-
ceiving careful, thoughtful attention at the present time.
It has been necessary to suspend school twice during
the year on account of sickness : five weeks in December
and January and the last two in October. The Domestic
Science, Telegraphy and Kindergarten classes have lost
even more time.
Many of the teachers and matrons were occupied in
nursing the sick at the hospital and at cottages which
were given up to care of the convalescents.
The very severe winter weather made it necessary
for the children to remain indoors a good part of the
time which added greatly to the cares of the cottage
teachers. It is no easy task to have charge of a cottage
in which thirty-six to forty boys or girls live and move.
Add to this the bitter cold weather of last January with
its snow and ice and you will have some idea of the work
to be done during those trying weeks.
The teachers willingly gave their entire time, day
after day, with very little rest, until normal conditions
were restored sometime in February.
At the boys’ cottages knitting was introduced as
a popular indoor activity for the time being. The boys
made their own needles, whittling them from blocks of
wood. Prizes were offered for the best specimens of
work. A boy fifteen years of age carried off the blue rib-
bon, and the red was taken by a boy nine years old. So
many excellent pieces were on exhibition that the judges
were obliged to give ten other specimens ‘honorable men-
tion’.
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SCHOOL
One hundred and forty-nine pupils have been en-
rolled in the primary department, and the intermediate
and grammer grades have been unusually full. The school
sessions continued until June 15th. No extra time was
taken for the preparation of closing exercises, and very
little work was done in manual arts, all the time being
employed in making up work lost in the winter.
Out of eleven members of the tenth grade, three boys
have taken good positions ; one girl has entered the Park
View hospital, Rocky Mount, for training; another is
taking a business course at Wilmington, and five others
entered the following schools and colleges in September :
Greensboro Normal, Greensboro College for women. East
Carolina Training School, Meredith and Trinity. One of
the boys who had finished our course in Telegraphy en-
tered the Harvard Radio School, taking good rank. Two
students of previous years have also attended this school.
One holds the position of wireless operator on a boat and
has made several trips across.
From the ninth grade, three girls left to enter the
Park View hospital and one other entered the East.
Carolina Training School. Eight children from other
grades left to take positions, making a total of 22.
Two girls completed the training for nurses at the
Hygeia, Richmond, graduating in April.
Seven of the eighty-two stars on our Service Flag
stand for former Orphanage girls who are members of
hospital units some of whom are already overseas.
We are hearing from time to time of Orphanage boys
who are helping in the World War, doing their bit coura-
geously and bravely, in the trenches and on the sea, and
we feel grateful to have had a share, however small, in
their training.
Nettie Nichols Bemis.
Report of Manager of Singing Class
Mr. R. L. Brown, Superintendent, Oxford Orphan Asy-
lum, Oxford, N. C.:
Dear Brother Brown : Doubtless many friends
throughout the State will be glad to know something of
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the results of the Singing Class trip for the year ending
October 31, 1918.
The Class was composed of ten girls and four boys,
under the direction of Miss Myrtle Branch, who so ad-
mirably trained them. This group is made up, so far as
practicable, of a new selection of children each year.
This gives a larger number the opportunity to accept the
benefits of this educational trip. Several new places
were visited during the year, thus enlarging the field of
activities and making it possible to cultivate a greater
number of friends by calling their attention to this work
and its needs, while at the same time giving them an in-
sight into the possibilities afforded.
A patriotic turn was given to the program this year,
which caused it to fall quite happily into the sentiment
of the time, and perhaps did its bit to inspire greater
enthusiasm for the great war-work movement. This
fitted especially at the Masonic picnics visited by the
Class. The District Deputies, the Grand Lecturers and
the Grand Master met the Class incidentally at different
places, and it was quite noticeable in each case that they
had inspired greater enthusiasm for the occasion.
The Class visited during the year 140 different points,
giving as many concerts. On account of the influenza
epidemic throughout the State, the latter part of the
trip was called off, cutting short the year’s work as plan-
ned about 40 concerts and causing considerable extra ex-
pense while the Class was held up at Star awaiting
developments.
The total receipts for the year were $19,042.49. The
expenses, which included the salaries of the Teacher and
Manager, printing, postage, express on laundry, and all
other expenses of travel, were $2,813.06. After deduct-
ing these expenses from receipts there was left $16,229.-
43, net to the Institution for the year. Notwithstanding
the greater cost of travel, this result shows the splendid
efforts made by the Masons, O. E. S. Chapters and many
other friends. The expenses were a little more than
$16.45 per day, taking into account the whole number of
days the Class was away. The average receipts per con-
cert were $136.02.
The trip was fraught with much pleasure. The
Brethren and friends everywhere joined heartily with the
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children to make the visits a success. They helped the
Class while there, and the children helped them, and the
children helped them to render a loving, loyal service to
the Oxford Orphanage, their home, and the large num-
ber of little ones here. For this spirit of loving co-opera-
tion we cannot express too strongly our heartfelt thanks.
Respectfully submitted,
L. W. Alderman, Manager.
Report of Dentist
Mr. R. L. Broivn, Superintendent, Oxford Orphan Asy-
lum, Oxford, N. C.:
Dear Sir: As dentist to the Orphanage I beg to
submit the following report of service rendered from
October 1, 1917, to October 31, 1918:
Number of amalgam fillings inserted 471
Number of cement fillings inserted 13
Number of synthetic porcelain fillings 39
Total number of fillings inserted 423
Number of temporary teeth extracted 158
Number of permanent teeth extracted 5
Total number of teeth extracted 163
Number of teeth treated 1
Only one permanent tooth was lost during the year.
The other four permanent teeth mentioned above
were extracted on account of crowded arch. I see all of
the children at the Orphanage from three years old and
up from three to four times a year at intervals of from
three to four months and examine them carefully and do
what, in my opinion, is required for their proper preser-
vation. By this method I believe I keep the children’s
teeth in as perfect condition as it is possible to do.
Very respectfully,
T. T. Frazier, D. D. S.,
Dentist to the Orphanage.
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Proceedings of the
Report of Treasurer
To the Board of Directors, Oxford Orphan Asylum, Ox-
ford, N. C.:
Dear Brethren : I beg to submit my annual report
as Treasurer of your Institution for the fiscal year ending
October 31, 1918 :
Under the head of “Income from Investments and
Legacies” it will be seen that the Institution received
three legacies during the year, as follows :
From Mrs. Rebecca Bledsoe Buxton, of Cumberland
County $ 30 00
From Mrs. Jennie Paine, of Lincoln County 1,000 00
From E. P. Hubbard, of Halifax County 2,171 95
Total legacies received $ 3,201 95
In addition to the above the E. P. Hubbard legacy
included bank stock to the amount of $300.00.
As heretofore the. plan of keeping the General Sup-
port Fund separate from the Printing Office, Woodwork-
ing Shop and Investment and Legacy accounts has been
maintained.
For the first time during the present administration
it has become necessary to borrow money to defray run-
ning expenses and the year closed with a debt of $6,200.00
for this purpose. There is also a debt of $2,500.00 bor-
rowed for making additions to cook room and dairy.
The report of Bro. R. T. Gowan, Grand Auditor,
follows this report.
Fraternally submitted,
F. P. Bland,
Treasurer.
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Statement 1
Receipts — General Fund
November 1, 1917, to November 1, 1918
Appropriation State of North Carolina $20,000 00
Appropriation Grand Lodge of Masons, 1917 7,500 00
Total appropriations $27,500 00
Contributions Masonic Lodges $11,921 01
Contributions Order Eastern Star 529 54
Contributions Royal Arch Masons 257 28
Contributions Knights Templar 140 00
Contribution Grand Chapter R. A. M. 500 00
Contribution Grand Commandery, K. T. 350 00
Contribution Oasis Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. 500 00
Contribution Sudan Temple, A. A. O. N. M.
S. 250 00
Contribution Raleigh Shrine Club 33 00
Contribution Order High Priesthood .25 00
Contribution “The Fred G. Schaum Fund”,
Masonic Brethren and Citizens of
Winston-Salem 890 10
Contributions to Baby Cottage 833 40
Contributions General 2,218 92
William Franklin Adams Legacy (for
support) 700 00
Income from property of Bailey children 29 25
Income from property of Daniel children 34 04
Income from property of Heath children 30 00
Income from property of Satterwhite chil-
dren 111 05
Total contributions 19,352 59
Singing Class concerts and Masonic picnics
visited by Class (net receipts $16,-
229 43) 19,042 49
Sale of refreshments on Saint John’s Day __$ 850 03
Sale of meals and provisions 188 49
Sale of old clothing and scraps 33 86
Shoe Shop receipts, custom work 2,189 55
Sale of Farm products 2,774 65
Sale of fuel 1.009 89
Sale of sundries 106 79
Total from several departments (not
including Wood Shop and Print-
ing Office) 7,153 26
Total receipts (General Fund) Nov. 1,
1917, to Nov. 1, 1918 $73,048 34
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Brought forward $73,048 84
Amount borrowed from National Bank of
Granville to make up deficit for run-
ning expenses 6,200 00
Total receipts from all sources $79,248 34
Balance on deposit Nov. 1, 1917 2,990 60
$82,238 40
Disbursements — General Fund
November 1, 1917, to November 1, 1918
For maintenance and school accounts $70,688 69
Singing Class expenses 2,761 24
Paid for minor improvements 2,612 65
Paid for repairs 5,250 63
Paid for Insurance 905 48
$82,218 69
Balance on deposit November 1, 1918 19 71
$82,238 40
As shown above, the total disbursements,
maintenance and school accounts are__$70,688 69
Deduct cash sales from departments as here-
tofore shown 7,153 26
Leaving net maintenance and school accounts $63,535 43
The maintenance and school accounts are analyzed as fol-
lows:
CLOTHING ACCOUNT
Clothing and sewing room sup-
plies $ 3,236 79
Salaries of matrons 875 00
$ 4,111 79
Less sale of old clothing and
scraps 33 86
$ 4,077 93
PROVISION ACCOUNT
Provisions and kitchen supplies __$15,537 61
Salaries of matron and baker 1,131 00
$16,668 61
Less sale of meals and provisions 1,038 52
15,630 09
DENTAL ACCOUNT
Supplies $ 24 64
Saiary 600 00
624 64
LAUNDRY ACCOUNT
Supplies $ 845 36
Salary 430 00
1,275 36
Carried forward
$21,608 02
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Brought forward
$21,608 02
HOSPITAL ACCOUNT
Supplies $ 1,271 94
Salary of matron 485 00
Salary of physician 850 00
SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Books, material etc. $ 362 11
Salaries teachers and half salary Lady
Supervisor 7,617 85
GENERAL EXPENSE ACCOUNT
General furniture and fixtures $ 407 38
Lighting 385 89
Postage 384 00
Telephone rent and tolls 137 75
Sundry supplies, telegrams, etc. _ 4,406 36
Salaries as follows: $ 5,721 38
Superintendent $ 2,000 00
Secretary to Board Directors 300 00
Half salary Lady Supervisor 685 00
Bookkeeper and Treasurer 1,433 32
Office Assistant 525 00
Baby Cottage Matron 590 00
Part salary Shoe Shop Manager _ 293 33
Baker for extra work 120 00
Paid for extra cottage work 70 00
Drayman 510 16
6,526 81
2,606 94
7,979 96
$12,248 19
Less sundry sales 106 79
FARM AND DAIRY ACCOUNT
Fertilizer, feed, seed, etc. $11,527 33
Salaries farmers, dairyman and
wages for extra help 4,026 06
$15,553 39
Less sale of farm products 2,774 65
SHOE SHOP ACCOUNT
Supplies, leather, etc. $ 2,307 59
Salary of manager 940 00
$ 3,247 59
Less cash for custom work 2,189 55
FUEL ACCOUNT
Fuel, sawing and cutting wood — $ 6,372 22
Less sale of fuel 1,009 89
12,141 40
12,778 74
1,058 04
5,362 33
$63,536 43
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Statement 2
Special Cash Fund
November 1, 1917 to November 1, 1918
PRINTING OFFICE ACCOUNT
Receipts:
Subscriptions $10,210 92
Job work 14,008 74
Advertisements 535 18
$24,754 84
dash on deposit November 1, 1917 425 55
$25,180 39
Disbursements 25,107 74
Balance on deposit Nov. 1
1918 $ 72 65
WOODWORKING SHOP ACCOUNT
Cash received for work done $17,781 61
Cash on deposit November 1, 1917 2,377 85
$20,159 46
Disbursements ' 18,676 99
Balance on deposit Nov. 1
1918 1,482 47
INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS AND LEGACIES
Dividends remitted by Fidelity
Bank Trustee
“Mrs. Sarah J. Gilbert Fund”
Fidelity Bank Trustee
Dividend Oxford Cotton Mill
Stock
Income Mrs. Malvina T. White
Legacy
Interest B. F. Moore Legacy
Income Masonic Temple Con-
struction Bonds
Received from E. P. Hubbard Le-
gacy —
Received from Mrs. Jennie Payne
Legacy
Received from Rebecca Bledsoe
Buxton Legacy
Dividend on Bank Stock (part of
E. P. Hubbard legacy) —
$ 1,218
00
30
00
185
00
199
50
60
00
44
00
2,171
95
1,000
00
30
00
16
00
$ 4,954 45
Carried forward
$ 4,954 45 $1,555 12
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Brought forward $
Sale of shingles etc
Transferred from Printing Office
Account I
Transferred from Wood Shop Ac-
count
4,954 45 $1,555 12
88 41
2,000 00
2,300 00
Total receipts for Permanent Im-
provements
Balance on deposit Novem-
ber 1, 1917
$ 9,342 86
1,341 02
$10,683 88
DISBURSEMENTS FOR PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS AS
FOLLOWS:
Expended on erection of a home
for Superintendent $ 5,943 45
Expended on addition to cook room 3,364 51
Expended on improvements to
dairy 761 10
Paid for legacy fee 25 00
10,094 06
Balance on deposit, Novem-
ber 1, 1918 589 82
Total Special Cash on deposit
November 1, 1918 $ 2,144 94
(A note of $2,500.00 for money borrowed to complete im-
provements to cook room and dairy is due.)
STATEMENT SHOWING TOTAL COST OF SUPERINTEN-
DENT’S HOME
Expended as per last report $ 5,310 83
Expended November 1, 1917, to November 1, 1918 5,943 45
Total cost of erection $11,254 28
SUMMARY SPECIAL CASH FUND
Total receipts November 1, 1917, to November 1, 1918:
Printing Office $ 24,754 84
Woodworking Shop 17,781 61
Investments and legacies 4,954 45
Sale of shingles, etc. 88 41
Transferred from Printing Office and
Wood Shop accounts 4,300 00
$51,879 31
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Brought forward $51,879 31
Total balance November 1, 1917
Printing Office $ 425 55
Woodworking Shop 2,377 85
Permanent Improvements account 1,341 02
4,144 42
$56,023 73
Total disbursements November 1, 1917, to November 1, 1918:
Printing Office $ 25,107 74
Woodworking Shop 18,676 99
For Permanent Improvements 10,094 06
$53,878 79
Total balance November 1, 1918:
Printing Office $ 72 65
Woodworking Shop 1,482 47
Permanent Improvements account 589 82
2,144 94
$56,023 73
Statement 3
Printing Office
Cr.
Cash on deposit November 1, 1918 $ 72 65
Subscriptions to Orphans’ Friend 10,210 92
Job work 14,008 74
Advertisements 535 18
Accounts Receivable (jobs $4,874 40; Ad.
$17 00) 4,891 40
Inventory material, machinery and stock on
hand Nov. 1, 1918, $30,120 54, less
$1,018 73 depreciation 29,101 81
$58,820 70
Dr.
Cash on deposit November 1, 1917 $ 425 55
Accounts Receivable last report 3,373 19
Inventory material on hand last report 23,479 60
Expended for paper, machinery, material, etc. 15,237 31
Paid for fuel 100 00
Paid for extra labor 142 02
Paid for postage 783 78
Salary of manager 1,800 00
Other salaries 5,046 63
— — 50,388 08
Profit
$ 8,432 62
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Woodworking Shop
Cr.
Cash on deposit November 1, 1918 $ 1,482 47
Receipts from sales and work 17,781 61
Accounts Receivable 3,083 53
Inventory material on hand 7,870 17
Inventory machinepr, $2,350 00, less $150-
00 depreciation 2,200 00
$32,417 78
Dr.
Cash on deposit November 1, 1917 $ 2,377 85
Material on hand last report 8,176 66
Machinery on hand last report 2,350 00
Paid for lumber, g-lass, and other supplies 8,345 35
Paid for fuel 600 00
Accounts Receivable last report 3,229 90
Salary of Manager 1,200 00
Paid for other labor 5,886 09
Leo Bryum check returned 345 55
— 32,511 40
Loss $ 93 62
Statement 4
Stamps and Bonds $ 224 00
Provisions account 608 22
Clothing account 1,571 90
General expense account 15 50
Shoe Shop account 2 00
Hospital account 34 25
Farm account 70 00
General furniture and fixtures account 150 00
$ 2,675 87
Statement 5
Taking into account all expenditures for maintenance
and education of children in Oxford Orphanage, to-
gether with inventories, the per capita cost for the fiscal
year ending October 31, 1918, appears to be $12.21 per
month. The average enrollment was about 365.
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Report of Grand Auditor
To the Board of Directors of the Oxford Orphan Asylum:
I have completed an audit of the Treasurer’s books
for the year ending October 31, 1918.
I find the books in the best of shape, and the receipts
and disbursements as rendered to your Board correct.
R. T. Gowan,
Grand Auditor.
Appendix
Statements showing results of Farming and Shoe Shop opera-
tions for the year ending October 31, 1918.
Farm
Cr.
Inventory October 31, 1918:
Feed stuffs, grain, fertilizer, etc. $11,976 68
Live stock 7,058 50
Truck and garden products 1,417 25
Tools, wagons and farm implements 2,367 52
Dairy fixtures 223 45
$23,043 40
Farm products, etc., furnished Institution:
14,359 gallons milk 3,838 91
3,526 pounds butter 1,319 66
170% gallons cream 274 41
Fruits and vegetables 2,313 63
Pork, veal, etc. 1,462 91
Corn for meal 1,435 94
Hauling and work for Institution 1,099 37
Board for dray mule and carriage horses 360 00
Ice furnished Institution 63 53
12,168 36
$35,211 76
Cash sale of Farm products as heretofore
shown 2,774 65
Dr. $37,986 41
Total inventory October 31, 1917 $18,507 77
Expended for seed, farm implements, etc. __ 11,527 33
Salaries of farmers, dairyman and wages for
extra help 4,026 06
34,061 16
Gain = $ 3,925 25
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Shoe Shop
Cr.
Inventory material on hand October 31, 1918 $ 2,837 90
Receipts from custom work 2,189 55
Repair work and shoes furnished Institution 3,631 45
8,658 90 „
Inventory material on hand last report $ 3,654 55
Paid for leather and other supplies 2,307 59
Salary of Manager 940 00
6,902 14
Gain $ 1,756 76
Statement showing movement of children to and from the
Institution :
Girls Boys Total
Children on roll November 1, 1917 174 201 375
Admitted during the year 19 29 48
Readmitted 10 1
194 230 424
Went to own people 17 15 32
Went to approved foster homes 1 1 2
Went to positions 7 15 22
Went to school 7 18
Ran away 1 12 13
Expelled 0 7 7
Died 12 3
34 53 87
On roll November 1, 1918
160
177
337
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Past Grand Master Andrews presented and read the
following report of the Trustees of the Drewry Memorial
Fund, which was on motion adopted :
To The Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
The Trustees of the Drewry Memorial Grand Secretary’s
Fund report that during the past year the custodian received the
* sum of $10,000.00 from the executor of the will of Brother Drewry,
which we directed the custodian to invest under the direction
of our Finance Committee (composed of Bros. C. B. Barbee and
A. B. Andrews), and that the custodian has purchased twenty
shares of P. H. Hanes Knitting Mill Company preferred stock
and twenty shares of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company seven
per cent, preferred stock, and that the remainder of the fund
will be shortly invested in other safe securities.
We would call the attention of the Grand Lodge that the
income from this bequest is not available until this fund with
its accretions or additions shall amount to $20,000.00, and we
ask that the Grand Lodge take such steps as will increase this
fund to the sum of $20,000.00, in order that its income may be
available towards the support of the Grand Secretary’s office.
Attached hereto is the statement of the Raleigh Savings Bank
& Trust Company, the custodian of this fund.
Fraternally submitted,
Geo. S. Norfleet,
Benjamin R. Lacy,
William W. Willson,
A. B. Andrews,
C. B. Barbee,
Trustees.
DREWRY MEMORIAL GRAND SECRETARY’S FUND
(Statement as of January 2, 1919)
1918
Nov. 14 Received from Drewry estate $10,000 00
1919
Jan. 2 Dividend on Hanes stock 70 00
$10,070 00
1918
Dec. 16 Paid for ten shares P. H. Hanes stock 2,081 82
Balance as of January 2, 1919 $ 7,988 18
SECURITIES HELD
Certificate No. 680, ten shares P. H. Hanes Knitting Mills
seven per cent, preferred stock.
The Grand Treasurer offered the following resolution
which was read and referred to the Finance Committee :
Resolved, That the Grand Lodge does hereby appropriate the
sum of $10,000.00 to the Drewry Memorial Grand Secretary’s
Fund, and
Resolved further, That the Grand Master and Grand Secretary
be authorized to borrow the sum of $10,000.00 from some bank
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or trust company upon such terms as may be agreed at the best
rate of interest possible, and to execute one or more notes to evi-
dence this debt, such note or notes to be payable as may be agreed
between these officers of the Grand Lodge and the bank or trust
company.
Adopted.
Bro. Thomas H. Webb submitted the following res-
olution, which was read and referred to the Finance
Committee :
Whereas, There is need of additional funds to make the appro-
priations necessary to be made by the Grand Lodge, to supplement
the voluntary efforts of the individual Masons, in carrying on
the charitable and benevolent work, therefore,
Resolved, That the Grand Lodge does hereby order that, in
addition to the regular fees for the degrees, as provided in Sec-
tion 133 of the Constitution, that the sum of $10.00 shall be col-
lected from every initiate for the Grand Lodge charity fund.
Lodges that apportion the fees to the several degrees shall collect
this with the initiation fees for the E. A. degree. All Lodges
shall make quarterly statements of petitioners elected and remit
this fee to the Grand Secretary at the end of each quarter.
Provided, This resolution shall go into effect on all petitions
received or acted on by a Lodge on or after April 1, 1919.
Thos. H. Webb,
P. T. Wilson.
Bro. A. S. Holden offered the following amendment
to the Constitution, which was read and referred to the
Jurisprudence Committee:
Resolved, That the Code be amended as follows:
Amend Section 8 by striking out the words “November 1st”
and “October 31st” and insert in lieu “July 1st” and “June 30th.”
Amend Section 140 by striking out the words “October 31st”
and insert in lieu thereof “June 30th.”
Amend Section 145 by striking out “31st day of October”
and insert in lieu “30th day of June.”
Amend further by striking out the word “December” and in-
sert the word “September.”
Amend Section 146 by striking out the word “December” and
insert “September.”
A. S. Holden.
Bro. A. S. Holden offered the following resolution
which was read and referred to the Jurisprudence Com-
mittee :
Be it Resolved, By the Grand Lodge that the Grand Secretary
be instructed to forward blanks to make up annual returns to
the subordinate Lodges during the month of June, 1919, and that
the Secretaries of subordinate Lodges shall make up the report
on said blanks containing the transactions of their Lodge from
November 1, 1918, to July 1, 1919, and that they forward to the
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Grand Secretary said report or returns on or before September
1, 1919, and that they shall pay the per capita tax and initiation
fees shown in said report to be due the Grand Lodge during the
month of November.
Be it Resolved further, That the reports so made shall be in
lieu of the report now required by the Code to be made in Novem-
ber for the fiscal year closing October 31st, and that Lodges be
not required to make any other report for 1919.
A. S. Holden.
Adopted.
Past Grand Master A. B. Andrews on behalf of Bro.
0. Lang invited the Grand Lodge to go out to Camp Polk
to witness an exhibition of war tanks. On motion the
Grand Lodge thanked Brother Lang and the officers of
Camp Polk for the invitation to witness the exhibition
but regretted they would be unable to attend on account
of pressure of business.
Bro. W. S. Creighton submitted the following reso-
lution, which was read and referred to the Jurisprudence
Committee :
Resolved, That the Grand Secretary and the Grand Treasurer,
with the permission and approval of the Grand Master, are
hereby authorized to deposit in the Hall of History of the State
of North Carolina any Masonic relics and valuable autograph
papers in the possession of the Grand Lodge until such time as
the Grand Lodge itself provide a suitable place for the care
and safe-keeping thereof.
Resolved further, That the Grand Lodge hereby authorizes the
several subordinate Lodges to make like deposit in the Hall
of History of the State of North Carolina of any Masonic relics
and valuable autograph papers in their possession.
Adopted.
Bro. F. W. Kenny presented the following resolution,
which was read and under the rules went over until next
day:
Resolved, That each subordinate Lodge be authorized and
directed to appoint a committee of three to be known as the
Masonic and Eastern Star Home Committee, which shall co-
operate with the management of the Home as the Orphanage
committee co-operates with the Orphanage.
Adopted.
Bro. L. M. Clymer, Secretary and Treasurer of the
Masonic and Eastern Star Home, submitted the following
report, which was read and referred to the Committee
on Masonic and Eastern Star Home:
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ANNUAL REPORT OF SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE MASONIC AND
EASTERN STAR HOME
To The Grand Lodge of North Carolina, A. F. & A. M., in Annual
Communication in the city of Raleigh, Januai'y 21, 1919:
Brethren : I have the pleasure and honor of presenting
the report of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home of North.
Carolina, for the year 1918.
Bro. John J. Phoenix, who was the Secretary-Treasurer for six
months, was, at his request, relieved on July 1, 1918, in order
that he might enter Y. M. C. A. War Work. He was soon given
an overseas assignment, and is now on duty in France.
OUR GUESTS
At this date we have in our home 12 ladies and 14 gentle-
men.
HEALTH CONDITIONS
The following, J. W. Thomas and W. T. Riddick, are con-
fined to their beds. Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Porter, and Mrs. Wade
are able to come to some of their meals. Owing to the number
we now have and the epidemic of influenza that we have had
around us, it is remarkable how we have escaped.
It gives me sorrow to report that we have had two deaths
in our Home. Bro. J. R. Hobbs died on August 13th and was
buried in our plot in Greene Hill Cemetery; Mrs. Josie O’Sullivan
died September 5th and was also buried in Greene Hill Cemetery;
and Mrs. Ollie Olive, who left our institution in October died
in Raleigh on November 7th.
We now have accepted Mrs. Williams, from Windsor; Mrs.
Tate, from Mocksville; and Mr. and Mrs. Hawley, from Lilling-
ton. This will practically fill our available space in the Home.
ENDOWMENT FUND
In your recommendation at your last meeting in June, you
asked that five trustees be elected, two of whom have been
elected by the Grand Chapter of 0. E. S., which consists of
Mrs. Nolan Knight, Asheville, N. C., and Miss Blanche John-
son, of Greensboro, N. C. The other three are to be elected at
the Grand Lodge meeting at Raleigh, at which time the Chair-
man of the Executive Committee was authorized to have this
brought before the Grand Lodge. We now have one Temple
bond, No. 554, value $50.00, presented by Grand Master Richard
N. Hackett, of Wilkesboro, N. C.
Two Liberty bonds, Nos. 3955784 and 8848163, of $50.00 each,
from Esther Chapter, No. 12. One Liberty bond, No. 10053923,
Greensboro Chapter No. 14. One promised from Mrs. S. C.
Dodson not yet received.
HOG LOT AND CHICKEN-HOUSE
As reported at your last meeting, the material for building
is on the lot, but owing to the high cost of cement during the
war period, we thought best not to begin the building this last
fall.
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DAIRY STOCK
Our dairy consists of four milk cows, Daisy, Rose, Lucy, and
Grace. Kate, which we had on hand at your last meeting, we
sold in December for beef and received $72.00 for same.
HOGS
Our herd consists of five fattening hogs that were raised on
the farm and one brood sow and one registered male Berkshire.
We have also bargained for a registered female for brooding
purposes.
THE BY-LAWS
As directed by your board at your last meeting we have
had 200 copies of by-laws printed as revised and are now using
them with all applications.
DARROCH CASE
Regarding the claim against Darroch estate, I had a letter
from the attorney at Lillington recommending that I send our
claim of $100.00 to the administrator and he would recommend
that same be paid in full, account of which was forwarded, but
have had no reply.
PER CAPITA COST
The cost of maintenance for the year was $21.10 per month
per guest.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
At the close of 1918 we value our assets as follows:
Thirty acres of land $ 15,000 00
Buildings 30,000 00
Septic tank and power plant 1,500 00
Dairy barn and silo 1,500 00
Inventories 6,250 00
Grand Lodge appropriations for 1918 6,000 00
Cash on hand:
Savings account
New building
Checking account
Textile
59 40
7,293 30
381 33
3 19
7,737 22
LIABILITIES
$ 67,987 22
Balance on mortgage r $ 2,300 00
Balance due J. Van Lindley note 850 00
Note due account maintenance American Bank 1,600 00
Net value of Institution January, 1919 63,237 22
Net gain for the year
$ 67,987 22
$ 7,360 29
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BUDGET FOR 1919
For the year’s work $ 12,000 00
Improvements appropriated by the Grand Lodge 1,000 00
By order of the Board of Directors, we respectfully request
the Grand Lodge to appropriate of the above amount for 1919
the following:
For maintenance, new steps, and insurance on furniture
and pumping station $ 7,000 00
It will be observed from the financial report that we still
owe $2,300 on the original mortgage debt, which is covered by
good subscriptions and will be paid within the next two years.
On this we are paying six per cent, interest, payable quarterly,
while at the same time we have on deposit in the “new building
fund” $7,293.30, which is drawing only four per cent., and not
likely to be used in the next two years. It requires no argument
to prove that this is not good business. We ask this body to
authorize us to borrow from the new building fund $2,300.00 to
pay the old mortgage debt, and permit us to repay this with
four per cent interest from the subscriptions as the latter are
paid.
We call the attention of the Grand Lodge to the fact that
the terms of the following named directors expire at this time
and their successors should be elected at this session of the
Grand Lodge:
S. N. Boyce, Gastonia.
M. C. S. Noble, Chapel Hill.
We also call attention to that part of the report above en-
titled “Endowment Fund.” This body is asked to elect three
trustees for this fund and we trust you will do so.
Respectfully submitted.
L. M. Clymer,
Secretary -Treasurer.
Bro. R. F. Edwards, Chairman of Committee to in-
vestigate the matter of J. M. Clark vs. Shoal Creek
Lodge, No. 518, in Cherokee county, submitted the fol-
lowing report which was read and on motion adopted :
Crumpler, N. C., August 23, 1919.
To The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
Brethren: We, your committee to investigate the matter
of J. M. Clark, vs. Shoal’s Creek Lodge, No. 518,- in Cherokee
county, report Bro. F. W. Kenny and myself went to Shoal’s
Creek Lodge, No. 518, examined the books and Counsel Norvell,
interrogated Clark and the members of the Lodge. We find from
our inquiry and investigation that the Clark trial was not carried
out in accordance with Masonic law, for the reason that the
defence part of the trial was not' incorporated and was entirely
eliminated from the proceedings of the trial. Also that the
charge against Clark was not made in person and not reduced
in writing until sometime afterward.
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On examination of the books, we find illegal things done,
for instance, written charges are made by one against another,
by motion they are disposed of and dismissed. We wish to call
your attention to a letter obtained by your committee while at
Shoal’s Creek from a minister of the gospel named Underwood,
a member of Shoal’s Creek Lodge, for their illegal acts in and
out of the Lodge. The writing of this letter was acknowledged
by Brother Underwood to your committee.
By information and examination, we do not recommend the
reinstatement of Clark. We are of the opinion that it is detri-
mental to Masonry and the Craft to allow Shoal’s Creek Lodge to
continue its course, without punishment. Therefore, we ear-
nestly recommend the arrest of the charter of Shoal’s Creek
Lodge, although we feel that a very small few will suffer on
account of the guilty.
Sincerely and fraternally yours,
R. F. Edwards,
F. W. Kenny.
Grand Master Norfleet presented to the Grand Lodge
Rev. Bro. D. Clay Lilly, D.D., who delivered the fol-
lowing address :
THE ENLARGING FIELD OF MASONRY
Most Worshipful Grand Master, and Fellow-Masons of The Grand
Lodge of North Carolina:
I feel deeply the honor of this occasion which permits me
to speak to you representative men of North Carolina. Cer-
tainly I could not address a more influential body of men in
any assembly within this state.
The history of this Order is full of interest. It runs back
into the very ancient past. It tells us that Masonry has been
an old and a world-wide influence among men. In a most re-
markable way it has held its place of primacy among orders
and brotherhoods. It has seen a great many institutions rise and
fall, while it has gone on in ever increasing power and fruit-
fulness.
If we ask why this is so we may be told that it is because
Masonry has always exhibited two vital traits: It has answered
the native hunger of men’s hearts by providing for them a real
brotherhood. It has met the needs of human life by giving it real
service. These two characteristics of Masonry have kept it young
and vigorous and dominant in the hearts of men.
If we ask how Masonry shall maintain itself in the future,
we may say only by adopting its service to the need of each
coming era. But the life of this Order is dependent on the life
of its members. Nothing will appear in the life of the Lodge
which has not been sanctioned in the life of the individual
Mason. The life of this Order is the extract from the life of
its members. Whatever vital needs humanity may have in the
coming era, no ministry will be given them by Masonry save
that to which the hearts of individual Masons turn.
It does not require a prophet to say that this coming age
will have larger need of the service of Masonry than any other
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age has had need of it. The human race has never known
a more critical period than the one through which we are now
passing. May I take the time to indicate the features of this
critical hour?
(1) It is a time of great industrial unrest. There has
been a vast extension of industrial life in this generation. There
has been a vast propaganda of the idea of industrial justice.
Discontent is found everywhere. Men have learned to think.
“Collective bargaining” is a mighty weapon. Having won many
victories with it the working man is eager for further con-
quests, either with it or with other effective means. He is
wide awake and aggressive. He is powerful and discontented.
This discontent is not American or European. It is found in
Japan, in South America and in every land. It is world-wide;
wherever men use a tool or tend a machine or serve an em-
ployer. Rulers and counsellors tremble before it in these troubled
days.
(2) There is an intellectual ferment the like of which the
world has never seen. Popular education has thrown the whole
realm of knowledge open to all the people. The world never
before knew so much — nor had so many in every land who could
avail themselves of this knowledge. The old order by which
a few favored ones had the key to the treasure-house of knowl-
edge is gone forever and humanity is rapidly being emancipated
from the bonds of ignorance. The renaissance was a small thing
compared with the modern development of popular education.
It is a racial development, a movement, a ferment. It is going
on rapidly and it will be universal before its momentum is
exhausted. Race-wide intellectual ferment is the phrase with
which to describe it. The Orient awakes at the cry of the
West, and the whole race moves forward together.
(3) In the political world there is the crisis of upheaval
and overthrow. Thrones have been unsteady for some time.
They are now crumbled to the earth. Autocracy has made its
last stand and has gone down in defeat. It Is overthrown
everywhere and democracy under the guiding hand of our great
President Woodrow Wilson has come to the kingdom for such
a time as this. Men have been longing to be free and hoping
to be free until now at length their fetters are struck off and
they stand forth untrammeled and free. But upheaval and
overthrow have always their aspects of danger. The pendulum
may swing away from monarchy to anarchy and despotism may
give place to Bolshevism. It is a time which calls for fine judg-
ment and fine leadership. Brotherhood can make itself felt
in a time like this, when men are everywhere facing the dis-
order which revolution brings with it. It is hard to break up
an old order without endangering the new which is to succeed
it.
(4) There is a spiritual element in this racial crisis.
It is the day of collision in the spiritual world. The age of
faith has come into violent collision with modernism. This
modernism writes the interrogation mark over everything which
has been accepted in the spiritual realm. Never has humanity
been more in need of spiritual guidance, but never has it shown
more of a disposition to discard all spiritual possessions and
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cleave only to material things. If the race tries to walk by sight
it will fall into the ditch. No. laws or institutions — no organiza-
tion or system — can guide humanity if it forsakes the “light
which lighteth every man which cometh into the world.” But
this danger threatens the nations.
Here then are four elements which enter largely into mak-
ing this the greatest crisis which the human race has ever
been called upon to meet: industrial discontent, intellectual fer-
ment, political upheaval and spiritual collision. Surely when
any real man looks out upon this world condition he must sum-
mon himself and all his resources to go out to meet it.
I am speaking to American men and I will, therefore, take
time to indicate what may be called the “Emergence of America.”
The history of civilization since the close of the ancient era
has been largely the history of Europe. The far East lay sleep-
ing and America was undeveloped. But European powers have
now lost the monopoly of world-power which they once enjoyed.
At the time of the American Revolution, Eui’ope was every-
thing, and America was sparsely settled along the Atlantic sea-
board. Our fight for freedom did not cause much stir in Europe.
They thought of the colonials as a rough, crude people and
were surprised that King George so readily gave up the colonies.
It was not until the Civil War that America came much into public
notice in Europe as a country of power and resourcefulness.
The great armies and fierce battles of that period called forth
some notice from Europe, but still no thought of America as
a world-power came into their minds.
Some years later war is declared between Japan and China
and in a little while Japan defeats her big, ignorant neighbor
and begins to claim attention from powerful nations. Then
America has another war. This time she is not fighting herself
in civil strife but has as her antagonist a European power- —
one which was once the most powerful of them all. In one,
two, three order she defeats and humiliates Spain; and then
for the first time Europe begins to think of us. as a world-
power. Later Japan and Russia go to war. Japan is now
not fighting her sleepy, helpless neighbor, but one of the~ great
powers, and to the astonishment of the whole world she defeats
Russia and comes forth from the conflict a duly accredited
world-power. So that world-power which a generation ago was
altogether European is now located in three centers — Europe,
America and Japan. But this movement goes further, for
Europe divides into two armed camps and begins to destroy
herself, while America grows richer and stronger as the war
goes on. Finally, America sounds a great note and goes to
battle for freedom, for justice, for righteousness. Her high
purpose has been recognized by all the world. Her mighty
power was apparent to all; so that today there is no nation
so full of power and world influence as our beloved country.
It is no boastful or arrogant spirit with which we make this
claim. We have manifested the spirit of brotherhood with all
nations, small and great, and it is not too much to claim that
we are the best loved nation on the earth today. This gives us
a tremendous opportunity to serve the world. We have wealth,
and we have influence. If we have also the willingness to
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spend ourselves in the service of the race of men we have every-
thing to equip us for the greatest service rendered the world
in all history. Ten million young men of Europe are dead on
the battlefield. This is a large part of her potential leadership..
But our young men are alive. They are coming home with
new vision and purposes, with enlarged power and training.
By every fact of history and by every circumstance of life
America is called to world-leadership. American men are chal-
lenged to a world-wide service, a service whose extent and value
no man has understanding enough to describe. Permit me,
however, to indicate some general aspects of the service which
the men of America may give to humanity in this critical hour.
It will be theirs to solve the problem of saving men’s lives.
The problems of sanitation, of water supply, of wholesome food,
of housing, of rest and recreation, with all other related sub-
jects, must find their, solution at the hands of Christian America.
It will be our task "to safeguard life; to study its welfare; to
provide every wholesome feature of our common life. We
will write the word “better” over every good thing which can
be improved. We will say “out with it” to everything hurtful.
It will be ours to defend the rights of men. We will contend
for justice: social justice; industrial justice; racial justice.
Everywhere and always we shall manifest brotherhood. It will
be ours to secure the development of men’s lives; their edu-
cation; their culture; their moral uplift1 a’nd their spiritual
growth.
The saving of life in America, the welfare of men in America,
the development of men’s lives in America. This is but the
prelude of the great program which calls for the saving of
men’s lives, the welfare of men, and the development of men
in every part of the world.
We are Masons. Our Order is one of brotherhood, our pur-
pose is one of welfare. We hold nothing back from this tre-
mendous program. Our thought, our affection, our time, our
whole life, we dedicate to such an enterprise. God has called
America to a world-leadership. He calls America’s men to a
world-ministry. He calls us Masons to this ministry under our
ancient standard of brotherhood and service for all the world.
Masonry is called to her largest fruitfulness in this program.
“Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll,
Leave thy low-vaulted past,
Let each new temple, nobler than the last,
Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast
Till thou at length art free, »
Leaving thine out-grown shell,, by life’s unresting sea.”
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STANDING COMMITTEES
On motion of Past Grand Master Royster, Grand
Orator Lilly was requested to furnish the Grand Sec-
retary with a manuscript copy of his admirable and
instructive address for publication in the Proceedings.
Standing Committees were announced as follows :
Jurisprudence— Walter Clark; S. M. Gattis, P.G.M.;
B. S. Royster, P.G.M. ; W. B. McKoy, P.G.M. ; R. N.
Hackett, P.G.M.; W. E. Moore, P.G.M.; F. D. Winston,
P.G.M.; F. P. Hobgood, Jr., P.G.M.; R. C. Dunn, P.M. ;
F. W. Kenny, P.M. ; W. H. S. Burgwyn, P.M.; J. Edward
Allen, P.M. ; B. F. Hall, P.M. ; R. W. Lemmond, P.M.;
Knox W. Henry, P.M.
By-Latvs — F. M. Holley, P. T. Harrington, W. H.
Modlin.
Foreign Correspondence, . — Marshall DeLancey Hay-
wood.
Appeals. — John Thames, J. S. Spurgeon, F. D. Win-
ston, H. M. Brandon, Harry T. Patterson, J. H. Ander-
son, Dr. J. M. Templeton, W. Y. Warren, C. R. Emory, J.
W. Slenford, W. Lee Watson.
Finance. — A. J. Harris, A. B. Andrews, A. E. Glenn,
H. E. Thompson, Thos. H. Webb, P. T. Wilson, Thos. H.
Shipman, R. M. Oates, O. N. Petree.
Orphan Asylum. — J. LeGrand Everett, R. J. Noble,
J. W. Cotten, W. Scott Frizzle, S. E. McNealy, R. A.
Doughton, D. M. Duck, R. D. Shore, W. Y. Warren, Dr. C.
R. Nicholson.
Masonic Temple. — A.. B. Andrews, S. M. Gattis, F.
D. Winston, W. S. Liddell, John W. Cotten, R. J. Noble,
B. S. Royster, J. S. Carr, A. J. Harris, J. D. Elliott, John
S. Cunningham, R. N. Hackett, W. W. Willson.
Committee on Charity. — A. Wray White.
Charters and Dispensations, No. 1. — R. F. Edwards,
W. W. Holland, J. W. Alford.
Charters and Dispensations, No. 2. — J. W. Patton,
W. C. Wicker, J. W. Rowell, J. L. Nelson.
Necrology. — Leon Cash, R. E. Bennett, R. 0. Heater.
Unfinished Business. — C. M. Faircloth, W. H. Royal,
J. B. Terrell, B. S. Look.
Propositions and Grievances, No. 1. — J. W. Jones,
Barnes Daniel, Harry Joyce, C. E. Gupton, C. B. New-
comb.
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Propositions and Grievances, No. 2. — E. E. Galer, W.
D. McMillan, J. W. Barlow, J. B. Sellers, W. C. Manning.
Masonic and Eastern Star Home. — J. J. Phoenix, J.
E. Cameron, F. D. Winston, R. N. Hackett, R. E. Cur-
rence, M. C. S. Noble, C. M. Vanstory, C. M. Doyle, L.
M. Clymer.
Returns of Subordinate Lodges, No. 1. — A. C. Fos-
cue, A. B. Goetze, R. D. Jenkins, I. R. Self, C. D. Roberts,
J. T. Dixon.
Returns of Subordinate Lodges, No. 2. — B. W. Par-
ham, E. T. Mills, R. L. Woodard, G. S. Barber, G. W.
Watson, W. D. Alfred.
Returns of Subordinate Lodges, No. 3. — C. R. Fogle,
C. E. Brittan, Ezra Parker, Wm. Wike, Lewis Archer,
W. L. Beasley.
Credentials. — A. S. Holden, D. F. Betts, U. M. Gil-
liken.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES
Special Committee to Mark Grave of Past Grand
Master Smith. — Eric Norden, W. B. McKoy, E. S. Mar-
tin.
Advisability of Establishing a Museum. — F. D. Win-
ston, P.G.M.; M. DeLancey Haywood, Grand Historian.
To Investigate Certain Matters in Sulphur Springs
Lodge, No. 560. — W. S. Liddell, P.G.M. ; Leon Cash,
Grand Custodian.
To Revise Index to the Code. — F. H. McCullough, Al-
len Huggins, W. W. Willson, Leon Cash.
To Investigate the Matter of J . M. Clark vs. Shoal
Creek Lodge, No. 518. — R. F. Edwards, F. W. Kenny, R.
M. Oates.
To Revise Burial Service. — Leon Cash, F. D. Win-
ston, E. B. Lewis, A. S. Holden, W. W. Willson.
The minutes were read and approved.
The Grand Lodge was then called from labor to re-
freshment until to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock.
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Second Day-Morning Session
Wednesday, January 22, 1919.
The Grand Lodge was called from refreshment to
labor at 10 o’clock a. m., George S. Norfleet, Grand Mas-
ter, presiding.
Prayer by Grand Chaplain.
The Grand Secretary announced that the order of
the Grand Lodge to send a telegram of sympathy to
Past Grand Master Cotten had been carried out and the
following telegram sent:
Raleigi-i, N. C., January 22, 1919.
Gen. John W. Cotten, Tarboro, N. C.
Grand Lodge regrets your absence. Sincerely wishes for your
speedy recovery.
W. W. Willson,
Grand Secretary.
The Grand Master announced that he had invited the
following Brethren to be our guests at this session of
the Grand Lodge, but regretted to have to say that he
had received communications from all except Bro. 0.
Frank Hart expressing their regrets at their inability
to be present, namely: Past Grand Master Charles E.
Baldwin, of the District of Columbia ; Grand Master
C. C. Homer, Jr., of Maryland; Grand Master W. W.
Wannamaker, of South Carolina; Past Grand Master
George T. Bryan, of South Carolina; Grand Master E.
L. Cunningham, of Virginia, and O. Frank Hart, Grand
Secretary, of South Carolina.
Past Grand Master F. D. Winston submitted the fol-
lowing report from the Board of General Purposes, which
was read and adopted :
Most Worshipful Grand Master:
The Board of General Purposes, considering the very able
address of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, beg leave to
report :
We congratulate the Grand Master and the Cx-aft on the
very successful Masonic year we have passed through under
wise guiding of Grand Master Norfleet. North Carolina Masons
have played an important part in the world’s tragedy. We have
gone to foreign lands with our Brethren of other Grand Juris-
dictions and carried fraternity and comfort to Masons in battle,
in camps and hospitals. The situation was a delicate one, yet
the Grand Master handled it with rare good judgment and tact.
We refer the various wise suggestions in the address to the
various committees dealing with those subjects. Those recom-
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mendations coming peculiarly within the province of the Board
will be given due consideration and reported on.
Fraternally submitted,
S. M. Gattis,
Francis D. Winston,
John W. Cotten,
J. T. Alderman
B. S. Royster.
Bro. R. F. Edwards, Chairman of Committee, No.
1, on Charters and Dispensations, submitted the follow-
ing report, which was read and adopted :
Raleigh, N. C., January 22, 1919.
To The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
We, your committee on Charters and Dispensations, No. 1,
have carefully examined the records and proceedings of the
following Lodges under dispensation: Ashe Lodge, at West
Jefferson, in Ashe county; Yadkin Falls Lodge at Badin,
Stanly County. We recommend that a charter be granted to
each of these. We also recommend that the Lodge at Ellerbe
be continued under dispensation.
Respectfully submitted,
R. F. Edwards,
J. W. Alford,
Bro. J. W. Patton, Chairman of Committee, No. 2,
on Charters and Dispensations, presented the following
report, which was read and adopted :
To The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
We, your committee, No. 2, on Charters and Dispensations,
submit the following report:
Richland Lodge, U. D., near Aurora, Beaufort County, N. C.,
petition that they be granted a charter. We recommend that
their request be granted and that they secure full set of by-laws,
as required by the Grand Lodge. Warren Lodge, U. D., at
Kenansville, Duplin County, N. C., has been working under dis-
pensation since December 26, 1918. We recommend that a char-
ter be granted this Lodge.
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. Patton,
J. L. Nelson,
J. W. Rowell.
Bro. C. M. Vanstory, Chairman of the Executive Com-
mittee of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home, made the
following report, which was read and referred to the
Committee on Masonic and Eastern Star Home.
Mr. George S. Norfleet, Most Worshipful Grand Master, and Mem-
l bers of The Grand Lodge of North Carolina, A. F. & A.M.:
I have gone over and carefully checked and verified all bills
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and bank accounts of Bro. L. M. Clymer, Secretary and Treas-
urer of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home, Greensboro, N.
C., and found all accounts and Bank balances correct and bal-
anced to the cent. Have countersigned all warrants drawn by
the Superintendent on the Treasurer during the year and every
warrant has been paid and entered promptly and correctly.
An itemized statement of all moneys received and paid out
by the Home will be made by Bro. L. M. Clymer, Secretary and
Treasurer of the Home. A statement of the condition of the
guests and Home will be made by Bro. H. C. Butler, Superin-
tendent.
Everything has gone on in perfect harmony during the year,
but we all miss our friend and splendid co-worker, Bro. John
J. Phoenix, who is now in France, rendering noble service to
our boys in the Y. M. C. A. work.
Respectfully submitted,
C. M. Van story,
Chairman Executive Committee
Masonic and Eastern Star Home.
Past Grand Master A. B. Andrews, Treasurer of
Halifax Sufferers’ Relief Fund, submitted the following
report, which was read:
Raleigh, N. C., January 20;, 1919.
Mr. George S. Norfleet, Grand Master, Grand Lodge of North
Carolina, Winston-Salem, N. C.:
Most Worshipful Sir and Brother: Agreeable to your
direction under the appeal dated December 19, 1917, appealing
to the Lodges for help for the relief of the Brethren at Halifax,
Nova Scotia, and designating me .as treasurer of that fund, I
beg to report that I received contributions from 16 Grand Lodge
officers, one Royal Arch Chapter (New Bern Chapter, No. 46),
one Knight Templar Commandery (St. John’s, No. 10) and 139
Lodges, a list of which contributions is hereto attached with the
names and amounts.
Five checks were drawn against this fund and remittances
made as follows:
December 28, 1917 $ 200 00
January 9, 1918 350 00
January 24, 1918 350 00
March 9, 1918 200 00
May 29, 1918 112 16
Total
$1,112 16
It is noticeable that out of 440 Lodges only 139 responded to
this appeal, and the Lodges which did not respond to this appeal
are as follows:
NON-CONTRIBUTING lodges
2, 5, 8, 10, 17, 31, 39, 45, 58, 64, 74, 75, 78, 81, 84, 85, 90, 95, 97,
98 99.
'lOl, 102, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 123, 125, 126, 128,
132, 137, 138, 141, 145, 147, 149, 150, 151, 154, 156, 157, 162, 164,
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165, 170, 171, 172, 174, 175, 176, 181, 185, 186, 188, 190, 191, 192,
195, 198.
203, 206, 207, 209, 210, 214, 219, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231,
233, 234, 237, 238, 240, 243, 244, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 258,
261, 262, 266, 268, 271, 273, 276, 277, 279, 283, 284, 286, 289, 292,
293, 294, 296, 298, 299.
301, 302, 303, 306, 307, 309, 314, 317, 321, 322, 328, 335, 337,
339, 340, 341, 344, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 366, 369, 370, 372, 373,
374, 375, 376, 379, 382, 385, 388, 389, 391, 392, 397, 398, 399.
401, 402, 403, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 412, 413, 416, 417, 418,
419, 420, 421, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432, 433, 434,
435, 437, 440, 441, 443, 444, 446, 447, 449, 450, 452, 454, 455, 457,
458, 459, 460, 462, 463, 465, 469, 471, 472, 473, 475, 477, 478, 479,
481, 482, 484, 485, 487, 488, 489, 491, 492, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498,
499.
500, 502, 503, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514,
515, 516, 517, 518, 522, 523, 524, 527, 530, 531, 532, 534, 537, 539,
543, 545, 546, 547, 549, 550, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 563,
564, 565, 566, 567, 569, 571, 572, 574, 576, 577, 578, 579, 581, 582,
584, 587, 589, 590, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598.
600, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 612, 615, 618, 622, 623, 624,
625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633.
All donations were acknowledged both by letter to the donor
and the list published in the Oxford Orphans'1 Friend.
Copies of all letters of remittance were sent to Rev. Brother
William Driffield, the Grand Representative of North Carolina
near Nova Scotia, and to Grand Master George S. Norfleet.
The following resume of the 139 Lodges that contributed is
attached so that each Secretary may check up same, as these
donations came in money orders (U. S. and express), postage
stamps, currency, as well as checks.
LODGES CONTRIBUTING
Nos. 1 to 100 (14 Lodges). 1, 3, 4, 7, 32, 40, 53, 56, 59, 71,
76, 83, 91, 92.
Nos. 101 to 200 (16 Lodges). 104, 106, 118, 127, 129, 134, 136,
143, 146, 155, 158, 167, 178, 187.
Nos. 201 to 300 (16 Lodges). 202, 204, 205, 208, 217, 218,
224, 255, 257, 259, 263, 265, 267, 272, 282, 285.
Nos. 301 to 400 (28 Lodges). 304, 305, 310, 312, 313, 319,
320, 325, 327, 331, 343, 348, 352, 353, 363, 377, 378, 380, 381, 384,
386, 387, 390, 393, 394, 395, 396.
Nos. 401 to 500 (20 Lodges). 404, 411, 415, 430, 439, 451, 453,
456, 461, 464, 466, 467, 470, 474, 476, 480, 483, 486, 490, 493.
Nos. 501 to 600 (32 Lodges). 501, 504, 519, 520, 521, 525, 528,
529, 533, 535, 536, 538, 540, 541, 542, 544, 548, 551, 552, 553, 554,
562, 568, 570, 573, 575, 580, 583, 585, 588, 592, 599.
Nos. 601 to 633 (12 Lodges). 601, 602, 603, 610, 611, 613, 614,
616, 617, 619, 620, 621.
A total of 139 Lodges contributing to this fund.
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The expense of handling this fund has been as follows:
156 letters of acknowledgment $ 4 68
5 letters to Grand Secretary of Nova Scotia 15
5 letters to Grand Representative near Nova Scotia 15
5 letters to Grand Master George S. Norfleet 15
94 checks exchange charge 9 40
Total expenses __$14 53
The Citizens’ National Bank of Raleigh, N. C., kindly fur-
nished the five checks on New York, forwarding these funds ag-
gregating $1,112.16 and made no charge for the New York ex-
change.
Fraternally yours,
A. B. Andrews.
receipts
1917
Dec. 19 Rev. J. E. Underwood, Raleigh $ 1 00
20 Eagle, No. 71, Hillsboro 10 00
St. John’s, No 1, Wilmington 50 00
E. B. Lewis, Kinston 1 5 00
A. B. Andrews, Raleigh 10 00
21 Geo. S. Norfleet, Winston-Salem 25 00
W. S. Reich, Elkin 15 00
J. LeGrand Everett, Rockingham 5 00
James H. Webb, Hillsboro 10 00
Waxhaw, No. 562, Waxhaw 10 00
Revolution, No. 552, Greensboro 5 00
Evening Star, No. 588, Bunn 10 00
B. S. Royster, Oxford 5 00
Glendon, No. 610, Glendon 10 00
22 Rev. B. W. Spilman, Kinston 5 00
Wilmington, No. 319, Wilmington 10 00
Orient, No. 395, Wilmington 25 00
Parkton, No. 541, Parkton 5 00
24 King Solomon, No. 56, Jackson 10 00
J. Bailey Owen, Henderson 15 00
Mt. Olive, No. 208, Mt. Olive 5 00
South River, No. 611, Autryville 5 50
Boardman, No. 536, Boardman 10 00
Mocksville, No. 134, Mocksville 5 00
Williams, No. 538, Cornelius 5 00
Catawba Valley, No. 217, Morganton 10 00
Winton, No. 327, Winton 25 00
Wanchese, No. 521, Wanchese 10 00
Roseboro, No. 585, Roseboro 3 50
R. F. Edwards, Crumpler 1 50
Cleveland, No. 202, Shelby 10 00
25 Leaksville, No. 136, Leaksville 5 00
Farmers, No. 404, Denton 1 00
Perseverence, No. 59, Plymouth 5 00
Bayboro, No. 331, Bayboro 5 00
St. John’s No. 3, New Bern, 10 00
Traphill, No. 483, Traphill , 1 00
Roclcyford, No. 430, Kapps Mills 1 00
Mt. Pleasant, No. 573, Champion 1 00
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Dec. 26 C. A. Clark, Marshall, R. 4 $ 2 00
Granville, No. 380, Youngsville, R. 3 ' 1 00
Lawndale, No. 486, Lawndale 5 00
Rusk, No. 456, Rusk 15 00
Millers Creek, No. 415, Purlear 5 00
27 Cherokee, No. 146, Murphy 12 90
Mt. Holly, No. 544, Mt. Holly 10 00
Roaring Gap, No. 599, Thurmond 1 00
28 Clyde, No. 453, Clyde 10 00
Snow, No. 363, Vilas 10 00
Glenville, No. 551, Glenville 2 00
29 Bonlee, No. 621, Bonlee 5 00
Knap of Reeds, No. 158, Stagville 2 00
Notla, No. 312, Culberson 2 50
Roaring River, No. 570, Roaring River 5 00
Durham, No. 352, Durham 5 00
Kenly, No. 257, Kenly 10 00
Bingham, No. 272, Mebane 2 00
31 La Fayette, No. 83, Jacksonville 25 00
Healing Springs, No. 467, Grassy Creek 2 00
Falling Creek, No. 325, Goldsboro, R. 4 5 00
Home, No. 613, Fremont ^ 9 00
1918
Jan. 1 Cape Fear, No. 394, Linden 5 00
Queen City, No. 602, Rocky Mount 10 00
New Bern Chapter, No. 10, R. A. M., New Bern 10 00
St. John’s Commandery, No. 10, K. T., New Bern 10 00
2 Copeland, No. 390, Crutchfield 1 00
Moravian, No. 353, Moravian Falls 2 50
Castalia, No. 619, Castalia 2 00
Ionic, No. 583, Cove City 10 00
Wm. G. Hill, No. 218, Raleigh 10 00
3 Norlina, No. 620, Norlina 5 00
Orr, No. 104, Washington 10 00
Ashler, No. 451, Stony Fort 2 00
4 Boiling Springs, No. 464, Boiling Springs 17 75
Stanly, No. 348, Albemarle 25 00
Blackmer, No. 127, Mt. Gilead 10 00
Wake Forest, No. 282, Wake Forest — „ 10 00
Farmington, No. 265, Farmington 2 00
Joseph Warren, No. 92, Stantonsburg 5 00
5 Mt. Hermon, No. 118, Asheville 25 00
Fuquay, No. 614, Fuquay Springs 5 00
7 J. C. Braswell, Whitakers 5 00
8 Laurel Branch, No. 603, Elk Spur 1 00
Marshall DeLancey Haywood, Raleigh 1 00
9 Bee Log, No, 548, Bee Log 11 10
10 Laurinburg, No. 305, Laurinburg 10 00
Hickory, No. 343, Hickory 5 00
Doric, No. 568, New Bern 10 00
Fairmont, No. 528, Fairmont 10 00
11 St. timothy, No. 575, Marshville, R. 5 2 00
Corinthian, No. 542, Greensboro 25 00
Forest City, No. 381, Forest City 5 00
Red Springs, No. 501, Red Springs 5 00
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Jan. 12 Tally Ho, No. 393, Stem $ 1 00
Round Peak, No. 616, Round Peak 1 00
14 Pigeon River, No. 386, Canton 5 00
Widow’s Son, No. 519, Rosemary 10 00
Andrews, No. 529, Andrews 1 00
Pilot, No. 493, Pilot Mountain 2 50
Rodgers, No. 525, Middlesex 2 00
15 Greensboro, No. 76, Greensboro 25 00
Reidsville, No. 384, Reidsville 10 00
Spring Hope, No. 187, Spring Hope, R. 2 _ 5 00
King Hiram, No. 466, St. Paul 5 00
16 Big Lick, No. 476, Oakboro, R. 2 1 00
King Solomon, No. 313, Lumber Bridge 5 00 *
Stokes, No. 32, Concord 5 00
Perquimans, No. 106, Hertford 10 00
Scotland Neck, No. 470, Scotland Neck 5 00
17 Pleasant Hill, No. 304, Kinston, R. 5 5 00
18 Western Star, No. 91, Rutherfordton 5 00
Ottolay, No. 533, Fairview 1 00
State Road, No. 540, State Road i 1 00
19 Rev. A. D. McClure, Wilmington 1 00
W. J. Smith,- Wilmington 1 00
Luke McGlaughan, No. 504, Ahoskie 5 00
Matthews, No. 461, Matthews ’ 5 00
21 St. John’s, No. 4, Kinston 10 00
Winston, No. 167, Winston-Salem 10 00
22 County Line, No. 224, Cleveland 5 00
Berea, No. 204, Hargrove 1 00
Hiram, No. 40, Raleigh 10 00
23 Hatcher, No. 310, Lucama 2 50
25 Waynesville, No. 259, Waynesville 1 00
26 Fairfield, No. 520, Fairfield 1 00
28 Unanimity, No. 7, Edenton 10 00
Oxford, No. 396, Oxford 10 00
Maiden, No. 592, Maiden 2 00
St. Patricks, No. 617, Princeton » fe 00
White Stone, No. 155, Wakefield 1 00
Mill Creek, No. 480, Bentonville 10 00
30 Flat.. Creek, No. 285, Bear Creek, R. 3 1 00
31 Hall, No. 53, Camden 10 00
Dunn’s Rock, No. 267, Brevard ■ 26 50
Feb. 1 Kedron, No. 387, Hendersonville 5 00
7 Dan River, No. 129, Madison 13 00
Selma, No. 320, Selma 5 00
8 Oaks, No. 255, Saxapahaw 1 00
9 King Solomon, No. 313, Lumber Bridge, additional 5 22
11 Dan River, No. 129, Madison 19 00
16 Gaston, No. 263, Dallas : 2 00
16 Winston, No. 167, Winston-Salem, additional 15 00
27 Long Creek, No. 205, Huntersville, R. 20 5 00
28 Marble Springs, No. 439, Marble 1 00
St. Pauls, No. 474, St. Pauls 5 75
Mar. 8 Rockville, No. 411, Spring Hope, R. 1 1 00
Hollis, No. 535, Hollis 2 29
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Mar. 8 Youngsville, No. 377, Youngsville $ 2 00
Buggaboo, No. 490, Roaring River, R. 1 1 00
Vesper, No. 554, Spruce Pine 10 00
19 Mt. Vernon, No. 143, Ore Hill 1 00
28 Summit, No. 580, Summit 1 00
30 Seaboard, No. 378, Seaboard 5 15
Apr. 10 Zephyr, No. 553, Rusk 1 00
Siloam, No. 178, Garland, R. 4 1 00
16 Minneapolis, No. 601, Minneapolis 2 00
The Grand Master introduced to the Grand Lodge
R.'.W.'.O. Frank Hart, Grand Secretary of South Caro-
lina, who delivered a most interesting and instructive
fraternal address, and expressed fully the relief war
work of the Grand Lodges of South Carolina and North
Carolina at Camp Sevier.
Bro. Leon Cash, Chairman of Committee on Ne-
crology, submitted and read the following report, which
on motion of Past Grand Master Hobgood was adopted
by a rising vote as a tribute to our distinguished dead :
To The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
“I think that we retain of our dead friends
And absent ones no general portraiture ;
That perfect memory does not long endure,
But fades and fades until our own life ends.
Unconsciously, forgetfulness attends
That grief for which there is no other cure,
But leaves of each lost one some record sure, —
A look, an act, a tone, — something that lends
Relief and consolation, not regret.”
During the year two of the oldest, best loved, most useful and
most widely-known members of the Grand Lodge have returned
from whence they came- — Maj. Robert H. Bradley and Maj.
Samuel H. Smith, Confederate veterans, Masonic veterans, and
valiant veterans of the Cross.
They lived and loved and appreciated Masonry. Not only
the outside of it, but the inside of it. For while they realized
that Masonry does indeed place a tremendous emphasis on its
forms; that its inspirational and teaching powers is significantly
dependent on its ritual; that it finds a rich and full expression
of its truths in an exquisite series of symbols ; that it reveals
its life in pictures of surpassing beauty; they never forgot that
the symbol is merely the emblem of reality, picturing that which
cannot be seen in its essence, but only felt in the heart. For
Masonry, after all, is not picture, nor symbol, nor ritual, but
something back of the form too deep for words; that potent
thing which cannot be framed in phrases; that which throbs at
the very center of the heart, the essence of character, the quality
of life.
They know that a make-believe Masonry which lives only
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within the four walls of a Lodge room and finds its last ex-
pression in the forms of the Order has missed the very genius
of the living thing itself. Because genuine Masonry is a Mission.
No Lodge room can contain it, no picture limit it, and no ritual
can round its expanding circumference. By the very law of
its life it leaps over every limitation, and throwing itself into
the throbbing life of the world, is translated into a smile, a song,
or a thrilling touch. Wherever there is a plaint of human need,
there is the mission of Masonry. In a word, the essence of
Masonry is one’s attitude toward his fellowman. Here also is
the essence of character. Here is the measure of the success
or failure of any man or institution of men, for here indeed is
tto be tested one’s attitude toward God.
The novice in his initial ceremony, stripped of all that is
incidental and accidental in life, without title or adornment,
places a tremendous emphasis upon the worth of a man. So
a simple naked babe, born of a woman and full of trouble, before
it has received its hereditary name, traditions, sentiments, and
the possessions of those who have lived and loved before it, is
worth more than all the accumulated things of earth. Because
these our Brethren saw and knew and felt these things their
lives shall go on with increasing radiance when stars shall have
Burned themselves into oblivion.
Five year’s ago it was the writer’s pleasant privilege to
attend a regular communication of Wm. G. Hill Lodge when a
Past Master’s jewel was presented to Bro. Robert H. Bradley in
recognition of eminent service rendered by him forty years pre-
viously. That interesting occasion was so rich in valuable Ma-
sonic history that on our motion, at the annual communication
of the Grand Lodge following immediately after, it was ordered
that the addresses delivered at that time be incorporated
in the Grand Lodge Proceedings, embellished and adorned with
the likeness and autograph of Brother Bradley. The presentation
address was delivered by that artful phraser and necromancer
of words, P-'-G-'.M.'. Francis D. Winston. From it we quote
without stint, without credit, and without apology.
In 1864, when amid the din of arms men sought to be bound
by the tie of brotherhood that Masonry gives, while under dis-
pensation, Wm. G. Hill Lodge received its first petition for the
degrees of Symbolic Masonry from Robt. H. Bradley. Upon
receiving the degrees he immediately began to put into practice
in his daily life and conduct the answer to the second question
of the first degree catechism in amplified form, and nine years
later was elected to preside over the Craft.
While still in his teens he enlisted in Co. A, 1st Regiment, and
saw the first blood shed at Bethel in the war of fratricidal strife.
With unfaltering faith in the righteousness of his cause, he
followed the Stars and the Bars though triumph and defeat, and
gladly gave four years of devotion to duty, of uncomplaining
service, of patient endurance of hunger and hardship and added
deeds of valor and heroism. Peace bequeathed him the then com-
mon heritage of the South, an abundance of air and blue sky
and little else; but the bitter foe of poverty he fought with
renewed bravery.
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His first public service was Keeper of the Capitol and public
grounds in 1866 and 1867. For eleven years he sold goods, always
giving full gospel measure, and ever remembering “A just weight
and balance are the Lord’s.” In 1878 his store was destroyed by
fire and all the accumulations of the years of honest toil and
fair dealing were swept away in a night. Unexpected good for-
tune followed his calamity because within a few months he was
appointed Marshal of the Supreme Court of the State, a position
which he filled with honor and credit to the day of his death,
a period of thirty-nine years. For fifty years he was a conse-
crated member of the Baptist Church and twenty-five years a
deacon of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, for thirty-nine years
Marshal of the Supreme Court, and for thirty-two years Tiler
of the Grand Lodge. Continuance in office — sacred, public, fra-
ternal— shows the wearing qualities of a life founded and fixed
in devotion to God, respect for civil authority, and a rational
conception of the brotherhood of man.
During a full generation thousands of Masons have passed
through the Grand Tiler’s door into the tiled recesses of the
Grand Lodge and each and all have received a hearty hand-
shake and a pleasant word. We have spent hours with him at
the post of duty and have been deeply impressed with the fact
that his life has been an inspiration to many men to lead purer
and better lives. We know he loved the Brethren and therefore
we know he loved God. For “Love is of God; and every one
that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.”
Brave in the face of great danger, faithful in the discharge
of every public duty, strong in his attachment to Masonry, guid-
ing his life by its precepts; a worthy servant of the Master
and a devoted member of one branch of his universal church;
loving, constant, and true, Robert H. Bradley was eminently
worthy to wear with honor and pride the jewel presented him
by Wm. G. Hill Lodge.
He now wears a brighter jewel in a brighter land in the
Grand Lodge above.
Samuel H. Smith was born in Wadesboro, N. C., September
15, 1846, and died Sunday, October 27, 1918.
When only fifteen years old he enlisted in the Confederate
.Army, serving through the whole conflict as a private in Suther-
land’s Battery. His service began March 10, 1861, in Company
I, 10th Regiment, N. C. Troops. His company was on duty
; stationed for several months at a breastworks commanding
-during the entire war in the neighborhood of Wilmington, being
Wrightsville and Masonboro Sound inlets. After the fall of
Fort Fisher, he with his company retreated with the Confed-
erate forces to Goldsboro, and were engaged in the battle of
Bentonsville, where the Southern troops, nearly all seventeen-
year-old boys, with indomitable energy drove Sherman’s whole
army of regulars back four miles. They then retreated by way
of Raleigh to Greensboro where they surrendered with Johnston’s
army.
In 1884, Major Smith was elected Captain of the Forsyth
Jtiflemen, known as Company A, 3rd Regiment, N. C. S. G., and in
1885 was promoted to the rank of Major in the same regiment.
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In 1887 he was made Assistant Adjutant General with the rank
of Lieutenant-Colonel on the Staff of Brig. Gen. John W. Cot-
ten in which position he served until General Cotten resigned
and he was retired. He served on the staff of both Governors
Fowle and Glenn and at the time of his death was on the Staff
of Gen. James I. Metts, commander of the North Carolina division
of Confederate veterans.
Major Smith received his Blue Lodge degrees in Thomasville
Lodge, No. 214, formerly Richland Lodge, on the following dates:
Initiated, December 30, 1870; passed, January 31, 1871; raised
February 20, 1871. He dimitted from Thomasville Lodge, July
12, 1875, and became a charter member of Numa F. Reid Lodge,
No. 344, at High Point. He dimitted from Numa F. Reid Lodge,
No. 344, April 12, 1877, and affiliated with Winston Lodge, No.
167, May 12, 1877. He was a devoted Mason, serving Win-
ston Lodge for several years as Secretary and Master, and
also taking a great interest in both capitular and chivalric
Masonry. In later life he becartie a member of the Scottish
Rite.
He was also active in public life, serving the city of Winston
acceptably for two terms as Mayor, and during Cleveland’s first
administration was postmaster for a term of four years.
He was engaged in the drug business for twenty years and
during the latter part of his life was commercial agent for the
Norfolk and Western Railway for North and South Carolina.
Major Smith’s first appointment in the Grand Lodge was as
Junior Grand Deacon in 1880, and the esteem in which he
was held by the Brethren was fully attested by his rapid ad-
vancement to the zenith of Masonry, being elected Grand Master
in January, 1889, which office he held for two terms.
His sympathetic nature is well illustrated by the following
reference to the Fraternal Dead in his address in 1891 as Grand
Master and contains a timely admonition to all: “While we can-
not recall our lamented dead, it is but fitting to revive their
memory by paying a deserved tribute to their valuable services
in the cause of humanity. Many good Masons have been called
from their earthly labors to the rest and reward for 'faithful
service promised by the Great Master. How solemnly does their
untimely end remind us of the uncertain tenure of human life,
and impress upon our minds the warning of the Scripture, ‘Be
ye also ready’.”
Past Grand Master Smith bound the Brethren to him with
hooks of steel, and wielded a beneficent and far-reaching influence
in this Grand Lodge. For many years he was Chairman of the
Oxford Orphan Asylum Committee, resigning in favor of the
present Grand Master, was a member of the special committee
appointed in 1913 to memorialize the Legislature for an increase
in the State’s appropriation to the Orphan Asylum, and was from
the beginning to the end a member of the Masonic Temple Con-
struction Company.
Major Smith could perhaps call more men by name than any
other man in North Carolina, was among friends on any rail-
road train, and perfectly at home anywhere in the State. And
yet withal he was a man of quiet, gentle manners, kind and
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unobtrusive, and a warm friend in whom we all delighted.
Owing to health conditions, the Grand Lodge could not be
convened for the obsequies and the funeral was almost private.
A few of the Brethren met informally, and Grand Master Nor-
fleet read a modest but fitting tribute to his virtues. Being a
faithful member of the Moravian Church, a memorial was read
by his pastor and he was peacefully laid to rest by his bishop
in the hallowed quietude of the Moravian graveyard.
“Full many a peaceful place I’ve seen,
But the most peaceful spot I know
Is one where thick dark cedars grow
In an old graveyard cool and green.
“Night is the hour to wander there,
When moonlight silvers tree and stone,
And in the sweet night wind is blown
Ethereal essence subtly rare.
“At such an hour the angels tread
That hallowed spot, in stoles, as white
As lilies, and in silent flight
They come and go till dawn is red.”
There are others who sit in the shadow. In cities and towns,
in the quiet of the country side, in perhaps every subordinate
Lodge, the scourge of the epidemic has been felt; soldier Masons
have “gone West,” and some of our sons who were not Masons
will sit no more by the fireside.
While we mourn for those who shall not return, let us not
be so selfish as to forget those who mourn. We owe them a
debt we can never pay, for it is they who have paid a double
price for the liberty in which we rejoice. They have made the
Supreme sacrifice for the cause of freedom; for they have given
what was much more precious than their own lives. Let us make
them understand that we suffer with them, that we honor them,
and wish to help them by our prayers, our counsel and our
triumphant faith.
To those soldier boys who have “gone West” we can pay no
adequate tribute. They have gone over the purple hills and be-
yond the softly glowing rim of life’s day; out of the morning,
across the white archway of noontide, down to the sunset. These
stainless souls in a stainless cause move down the West where
earth’s last glimmer fades and dies, and on into God’s spreading
dawn, whose light is eternal, and whose breath is cool and sweet —
my son, your son — “gone West.”
“God’s test of manhood is, I know,
Not, ‘Will he come?’ but, ‘Did he go?’
If he comes not again to me,
I shall be sad, but not that he
Went like a man, a hero true,
His part unselfishly to do.
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“My heart will feel exultant pride
That for humanity he died.
For though his grave I may not see,
My boy will ne’er forgotten be;
My real son can never die.
’Tis but his body that may lie
In foreign land, and I shall keep
Remembrance fond, forever, deep
Within my heai’t of my true son
Because of triumphs that he won.
And when his vacant place I see,
My heart will bound with joy that he
Was mine so long, my fine young son,
And cheer for him whose work is done.”
Leon Cash,
B. E. Stanfield,
S. R. Dunn,
W. C. Wolfe,
Committee.
Past Grand Master A. B. Andrews presented the fol-
lowing resolution, which was read and adopted:
Robert H. Bradley, Grand Tyler of The Grand Lodge of North
Carolina from 1886 to his death, May 10, 1918, was born August
23, 1840, in Edgecombe County and his early life was spent
upon the farm. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted
April 10, 1861, in the Edgecombe Guards, Co. A, which was a
part of the First North Carolina Regiment of Volunteers, known
as the “Bethel” Regiment which took part in the Battle of Big
Bethel Church, Virginia, June 10, 1861, the first battle of the
Civil War. In this battle he showed his moral and physical
courage, when he was one of the party of four who were detailed
to burn a farm house, which interfered with the fire of the
Confederate Troops upon the Union Army entrenched behind
breastworks. He was next to Henry Lawson Wyatt, a fellow
comrade, who was killed in the attempt, the first Confederate
soldier to die in battle, and after firing the building Brother
iBradley assisted in carrying back his dead comrade, all the
while exposed to the merciless fire of the Union Army.
In March, 1862, he came to Raleigh on a detail, during which
time the Confederate government was .operating the express bus-
iness, to which he was assigned. At the close of the war he
entered the mercantile business in Raleigh, which he conducted
successfully until he was burned out in 1878. Having been
elected Marshal of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, he
commenced these duties the first Monday of February, 1879, and
continued in the performance of this work until his death nearly
40 years afterwards. During that time, due to changes by death
and resignation, he served under 22 different Justices of the
Supreme Court, which bench at first consisted of only three
Justices and in 1885 was changed to five. About 1889, he was
made Librarian and though untrained to the work, so enthu-
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siastically did he go at this work, that in a few years’ time
he was fully acquainted with the Library and its books, and.
at the time of his death, and for two decades prior, the Library
of the Supreme Court of North Carolina was rated as the best
Law Library in the Southern States.
During his nearly 40 years of service, which embraced 79 terms
of the Supreme Court, he met and knew lawyers from all over
the State, each of whom respected and loved Brother Bradley
for his unfailing courtesy and untiring attention to business.
In the 40 years he was only late once in attending the opening
of the Court, then for two minutes, except when sickness con-
fined him to his bed and prevented him from attending. He
was in attendance upon the Court not only during its sitting
in the forenoon, but was always in the Library in the after-
noons, and often in the evenings, to aid the Court and lawyers
in their work. Every other year, during the sittings of the
State Legislature, the Library was used as a committee room
for the Legislature, which gave him opportunity to meet many
of his old friends and enlarge his wide circle of friends and
acquaintances.
Well known as he was as Librarian and Marshal of the
Supreme Court of our State, he was perhaps better known
as a Mason. “Uncle Bob” as he was affectionately called by
his friends, not only had acquaintances in each county, but
in practically every one of 440 Lodges he numbered his friends
by the score. He was made a Master Mason in William G.
Hill Lodge, No. 218, on April 17, 1864, his being the first peti-
tion received after that Lodge had received its dispensation.
Taking an -active interest in the work of the Lodge, he served
it faithfully in many capacities and, in 1873 and 1874, was its
Worshipful Master. Shortly after becoming a Master Mason
he was made a Royal Arch Mason and in 1881 was made a
Knight Templar in Durham Commandery, No. 3, and became
one of the charter members of Raleigh Commandery, No. 4,
that same year. He was also a member of Enoch Council, No.
5, Royal and Select Masters, and made a Shriner in Oasis
Temple of Charlotte, N. C., in 1896, and later dimitted to be-
come a charter member of Sudan Temple at New Bern, in 1916.
At the unanimous request of the Masons of Raleigh in 1881,
he became Tiler of his Lodge, Chapter and Commandery, and
so acceptably did he fill this office that in 1886, when the office
of Grand Tiler became vacant, he was made Grand Tiler and
filled that station until his" death. Besides being a life member of
Raleigh Chapter, No. 10, R. A. M., Raleigh Commandery,
No. 4, K. T., he was Grand Sentinel of the Grand Royal Arch
Chapter and Grand Commandery of North Carolina for the
past 23 years.
Having attended every session of the Grand Lodge from
1864 to 1918, inclusive, a period of 54 years, he was known
and beloved by Masons all over North Carolina. Many of his
friends, especially those that were fellow comrades in the Con-
federate Army have long since crossed over the river and rest in
the shade of the palms, whom our friend and Brother joined at
his death. How many of us are there here today who recall
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Brother Bradley’s glad handshake, his merry and sincere “Glad
to see you, Brother” and when you twitted him with not remem-
bering you, after a little thought he would recall your name,
the Lodge or the locality from which you came and show that
his “Glad to see you, Brotherv was not an empty greeting, but
a sincere one from a friend and Mason to a Brother Mason.
Brother Bradley joined the First Baptist Church of Raleigh
in 1864, and shortly after the organization of the Baptist Taber-
nacle moved his membership to that church, where in 1895 he
-was made one of its deacons, which position he filled until his
death, being the oldest deacon of that church.
He was first married to Miss Mattie King, who died leaving
them an only son, Fred Bradley, and later he married Miss
Cynthia King, to which marriage were born three children, Mrs.
Miles Birdsong, Mrs. Lillie B. Judd and Miss Mary Bradley.
Fie was survived by his loving wife and their four children.
How many of us are there today that as we enter the Lodge
room, or turn our face to the door involuntarily and subcon-
sciously expect to see the face and form of Brother Bradley?
So often has he greeted the Brethren at that door that it does
not seem natural not to see him now, but alas! God’s finger
touched him and he sleeps the sleep that knows no awakening
until the Judgment Day when the last trumpet shall sound and
the dead in Christ shall rise again.
“Can you forget him? No:
His earthly form may go,
His kindly smile be hidden in the sod;
But when those gavels ring.
Fond memories they will bring
Of the old Tiler gone to rest with God.”
Fraternally submitted,
Walter Clark,
Marshall DeLancey Haywood,
A. B. Andrews.
Bro. J. LeGrand Everett, Chairman of Orphan Asy-
lum Committee, submitted the following report, which
was read and all matters contained therein adopted ex-
cept those referring to finances, which were referred to
the Finance Committee:
To The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
We, your committee on Oxford Orphan Asylum, to whom
was referred the reports of the officers of our institution, have
carefully considered the same and beg leave herewith to submit
our report:
The increased cost of everything of which we are all well
aware, and the loss in revenue from the forced cancellation of
a number of engagements of the Singing Class- on account of
influenza epidemic, together with the extra expense by reason
of the same epidemic at our own institution, compelled the offi-
cers to borrow money last year to meet necessary expenses.
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At the last annual communication of the Grand Lodge, your
committee asked for $7,500.00 for maintenance of buildings, etc.,
but due to lack of revenue it was decided that one-half of this
be paid in 1918, and the remaining one-half in 1919. In addi-
tion to this we would respectfully recommend that the following
appropriations be made for this year:
$5,000 for the Baby Cottage.
$10,000 for general maintenance.
$5,000 for repairs.
$1,000 for insurance.
We likewise recommend that the Board of Directors be au-
thorized and empowered to build and equip, under whatever plan
they may formulate, a modern up-to-date hospital building, as
it seems that the building now being used for this purpose is too
inadequate.
In our report last year your committee called the attention
of the District Deputies and the representatives of the subor-
dinate Lodges to the great importance of regular, systematic
contributions, and urged that they see to it that this be done.
We again appeal to these Brethren and ask that they take it
up vigorously, not once but continuously throughout the year,
and impress upon the Lodges the great responsibility that rests
upon them — that of contributing to and maintaining Masonry’s
most cherished possession, for no matter what other calls may
be made upon them this one must not be neglected — these chil-
dren must not be allowed to suffer.
We would not conclude this report without most heartily
recommending that the thanks of the Grand Lodge be extended
our beloved Superintendent and his associates for their most
efficient management of the affairs of our institution during
the past year. They have done a wonderful work, worthy of
all praise.
Fraternally submitted,
J. LeGrand Everett,
J. S. Spurgeon,
C. M. Van story.
Deputy Grand Master Henry A. Grady as repre-
sentative of The Grand Lodge of North Carolina to the
Conference of Grand Masters at Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
submitted the following report, which on motion was
adopted :
GRAND MASTER’S CONFERENCE
Clinton, North Carolina,
December 28, 1918.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Grand Wardens
and Brethren of The Grand Lodge of North Carolina,
Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons :
Soon after the war between the United States and the
Imperial German Government began, certain fraternal
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organizations asked for and received of the State and War
Departments at Washington City recognition as adjuncts
or aids to the Army Medical Corps then doing overseas
duty among our soldiers and sailors. Among these or-
ganizations was The Knights of Columbus.
Passports were furnished by the State Department to
such members of these organizations as were duly accred-
ited by their respective heads ; and, in this manner, they
reached France in safety and did a splendid service among
the American Expeditionary Forces. They were officially
recognized by our Government, wore a distinctive uni-
form, and were everywhere received with much honor by
the citizenry of France and Belgium.
Feeling that the sick arid wounded soldiers of France
and Belgium furnished a field of activity which rightfully
belonged to Masonry, and feeling further that, perhaps
in some respects, the Fraternity had not done its full duty
towards our boys with the colors, certain New York Ma-
sons decided to enter the field with men and money and
to do their part in the cause of humanity, alongside of the
Knights of Columbus, the Y. M. C. A., and the Red Cross.
With a view to first securing Federal recognition in
order that they might pass and repass with safety,
Judge Townsend Scudder, Past Grand Master of New
York, appealed to the War Department at Washington
and secured from it permission to receive passports for
himself and his assistants to enter the War Zones of
France and render such assistance as possible along the
lines above indicated.
Armed with a letter of introduction from the War De-
partment, Judge Scudder went to the Passport Bureau of
the State Department and requested such papers as would
enable him and his companions to sail immediately for
France. The request was rather abruptly refused. He
asked for an explanation, stating that he had already se-
cured the consent and co-operation of the War Depart-
ment, and he could not understand the position of the
Bureau in refusing the positive request of the Secretary
of War. The Chief of the Bureau still refused, and the
matter was finally presented to the Secretary of State.
It is rather a long story, and it cannot all be told at this
time because it involves matters of State; but suffice it
to say that the final answer was to the effect that Masonry
was a disjointed organization, that it had no National
administrative head, but was made up of some forty-nine
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or fifty different jurisdictions; that to recognize one of
these would lead to trouble; that if New York should be
recognized, then Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland and all of the other States would demand a like
favor, and the Departments at Washington would be in-
volved with some fifty or sixty organizations, all demand-
ing recognition and Federal co-operation. It was stated
that this was out of the question. It was stated also that
the matter had been presented to General Pershing and
that he was opposed to it.
There were some other objections raised by the State
Department which I am not at liberty to divulge ; but the
main reason assigned for the refusal of co-operation was
lack of unity among the several Grand Jurisdictions ; that
there was no general head through which the Masonic
bodies could operate in conjunction with the other War
Relief organizations. This objection was unanswerable.
It stated a fact which had to be admitted; and Judge
Scudder was compelled to swallow his Masonic pride and
offer his services through the auspices of the Red Cross
Society, the only evidence that he was acting for Masonry
being the Square and Compasses which he was suffered
to place over the mantel in the room where he worked.
This was humiliating in the extreme. It was felt that the
oldest charitable order in the world should be foremost
in the fight for humanity ; but it could not be for the rea-
sons above given.
In order to avoid a like condition in the future, and
in order to ascertain the will of the several Grand Juris-
dictions in the United States in respect to the formation
of a National Body through which all Masons could act
in times of National calamity, Grand Master Geo. L.
Schoonover, of Iowa, issued a call to the several Grand
Masters in the United States to meet him in Cedar Rapids,
la., on November, 26-27-28, 1918, there to discuss ways
and means of relieving the situation, and, if possible, to
form a National Masonic Association for the relief of the
distressed in times of war, pestilence or National calamity
of whatever nature. I attended this conference at the
request of Grand Master Norfleet, and it is now my pur-
pose to make a detailed report of what occurred there.
The meeting was called to order by Grand Master
Schoonover at 11 o’clock a. m., November 26, 1918, in the
Consistory Hall at Cedar Rapids. There were more than
one hundred persons present, and twenty-two Grand Ju-
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risdictions were actually represented, either by their
respective Grand Masters or by duly authorized delegates.
Fourteen other Grand Jurisdictions were represented by
letter, stating that they were heartily in favor of the plan
suggested by Grand Master Schoonover. Thus, it will be
seen, thirty-six States were represented at this conference.
It was a most delightful gathering, and I have never seen
any body of men who seemed more enthusiastic in a gen-
eral desire to do good, to serve mankind and to promote
the principles of our beloved Order.
Judge Scudder made a lengthy and very instructive
statement in reference to his activities at Washington
City in behalf of the Grand Lodge of New York. Various
delegates spoke, and it was finally agreed that a com-
mittee of five should be appointed to draft a tentative
Constitution or Plan of Organization under which all
Masonic Bodies in the United States could co-operate in
times of National calamity or local disaster of specified
magnitude. The committee was composed of Judge
Townsend Scudder, P. G. M. of New York, Chairman;
Henry G. Vick, Grand Master of North Dakota; Louis
Block, Past Grand Master of Iowa; Charles C. Homer,
Grand Master of Maryland ; and Henry A. Grady, De-
puty Grand Master of North Carolina. The committee
met in the library of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, and in-
vited to sit with it several of the leading Masons present.
There was perfect harmony in the committee, both in
the matter under consideration and the methods of at-
taining the objects desired by it and the conference. In
order that the Brethren may know exactly what occurred
I desire to quote from the printed minutes of the meeting :
Deputy Grand Master Henry A. Grady (North Carolina) :
Mr. Chairman and Brethren: I have been designated by
Brother Scudder as the member of the committee to present its re-
port. I desire to say, Brethren, that when we assembled in the
library to consider this matter, we had absolutely nothing to go
upon. Not a word had been written, nor a line penned. I took
it for granted that perhaps some of the New York Brethren
had mapped out a plan of organiation, inasmuch as they ap-
peared to be so much interested in this matted, and were pioneers
in this movement along with yourselves; but they had not.
You can see, Brethren, that we were approaching a very diffi-
cult and delicate subject; one that has been discussed in the sev-
eral Grand Jurisdictions of these United States, and concerning
which here has been a lack of harmony in the past.
It has been our endeavor to fashion a constitution which we
thought would meet with the approval of all Masons in this
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country; and I want to sa.y that the action of the committee was
entirely harmonious, and that this paper I now desire to read met
with the unanimous approval of the committee.
(The report of the committee was then read by Deputy Grand
Master Grady, and is in words and figures following, to wit:)
THE OUTLINE OF TENTATIVE PLAN OF ORGANIZATION OF THE MASONIC
SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES
Whereas, The several Masonic jurisdictions in the United
States of America have been invited to attend a conference of
Grand Masters at Cedar Rapids, la., on the 26th, 27th and 28th of
November 1918, for the purpose of considering and taking action
in respect of the present war emergency and the opportunity for
Masonic service in connection therewith ; and
Whereas, Twenty-two jurisdictions have responded to said call,
and 10 jurisdictions have expressed their approval, in general terms
of the purpose of said conference, and have given assurance in
writing of their support through their respective Grand Masters;
and
Whereas, It has been made clear to said conference that the Ma-
sonic Fraternity will be enabled to render more efficient service to
mankind and to fulfil its mission among men by bringing about a
more perfect co-operation among the several Masonic Grand Ju-
risdictions of the United States; and
Whereas, It is apparent that there is a pressing need of Ma-
sonic service among the men with the United States forces over-
seas during the period following the signing of the armistice and
peace and reconstruction, at home and abroad, the duration of
which is wholly problematical; and
Whereas, The assembled representatives of Grand Lodges
have by their unanimous expression agreed that the need for ser-
vice is real; that the opportunity is present and compelling, and
that they unanimously desire to participate in and render a more
satisfying service, and that to fail to take some affirmative ac-
tion in this matter at this time will lead to irretrievable injury
and impairment of the Fraternity’s future usefulness; and
Whereas, It is the sense of this conference that plans be now
tentatively formulated for effective service wherever and when-
ever the opportunity and need to render the same shall be present;
said plans to be submitted to the several Grand Jurisdictions for
consideration and action thereon, therefore, be it
Resolved, That there be organized THE MASONIC SERVICE
ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES, a voluntary associa-
tion of Masonic Grand Jurisdictions of the United States of Ameri-
ca, for service to mankind.
All Masonic jurisdictions of the United States of America shall
be entitled to membership therein on equal footing on expressing
their approval of this constitution and acceptance of the respon-
sibility and privileges outlined therein. Any member shall be en-
tiled to withdraw at any time on ninety days’ notice, provided
it shall have complied with all of its assumed obligations. Such
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notice shall be delivered by registered mail to the Secretary at his
Post Office address.
OBJECT
The object of the association shall be the Service of Mankind
through education, enlightenment, financial relief and Masonic vis-
itation, particularly in times of disaster and distress, whether
caused by war, pestilence, famine, fire, earthquake, flood or other
calamity; and presently and immediately ministering to, cherish-
ing, comforting and relieving the members of the Fraternity, their
dependents and others engaged in the United States forces, in the
present great war, wherever they may be stationed and upon what-
ever duties engaged in the service.
ADMINISTRATION
For the purpose of administration the United States is divided
into departments, as follows:
New England Division. — Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
North Atlantic Division. — New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania.
South Atlantic Division. — Delaware, District of Columbia,
Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West
Virginia.
Gulf Division. — Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missis-
sippi.
Great Lakes Division. — Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wis-
consin.
Central Division. — Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ok-
lahoma, Tennessee.
Corn Belt Division. — Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dako-
ta, South Dakota.
North Pacific Division. — Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington,
Wyoming.
South Pacific Division. — California, Colorado, Nevada, Utah.
Southwestern Division. — Arizona, New Mexico, Texas.
Upon the occurrence of a disaster of greater magnitude than
a local calamity, the Grand Masters of the several Grand Jurisdic-
tions within the department in which said disaster shall occur,
shall appoint a committee to survey the need, appraise it and re-
port forthwith its findings to the department. The department
shall thereupon take action on the report of the committee to the
end that the fund necessary shall be provided and properly dis-
bursed.
The association may enter into correspondence and affiliation
with similar agencies in other lands or under other governments,
the better to teach the Fatherhood of God, and to promote the
Brotherhood of Man.
The powers and duties of the association may be enlarged or
curtailed from time to time; but no member shall be bound thereby
without its express consent.
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Each department shall meet annually on a date and at a place
to be fixed by it; or oftener, if it shall so determine. A meeting
may be called at any time on the request of three Grand Juris-
dictions.
A general meeting of all departments shall be held triennially
on the 11th day of November, Victory Day, at 11 o’clock in the
morning, or oftener on the call of ten Grand Jurisdictions. No-
tices of the time, place and object of the meetings shall be issued
by the Secretary.
At each meeting, departmental or general, a presiding officer
shall be elected by ballot, for the purposes of the meeting. Each
department shall elect a Secretary whose duties shall be to keep
the records and attend to the correspondence of the department.
The sole officer of the association shall be the Secretary, who
shall be selected at the general meeting, and he shall hold office
until the next general meeting, or during the pleasure of the
association, and his functions shall be purely clerical.
I desire to state that the constitution or plan of or-
ganization was unanimously adopted, and that imme-
diately thereafter the following resolutions were adopt-
ed :
Resolved, That the constitution of The Masonic Service Asso-
ciation of the United States, adopted tentatively by this body, be
submitted to the several Grand Jurisdictions of the United States
for action; and that whenever so many as fifteen Grand Jurisdic-
tions shall have adopted said constitution, after all of said Grand
Jurisdictions have had an opportunity of adopting the same, said
association shall then become established as a permanent organ-
ization, subject to the right of withdrawal as specified in said con-
stitution.
Resolved, That, in order to carry out and effectuate the objects
specified in the constitution this day adopted, and for the purpose
of meeting the instant need of service to the soldiers and sailors
overseas, a commission of seven be appointed, with Grand Master
Schoonover, of Iowa, as Chairman thereof; said commission to be
selected as far as possible according to their geographical situ-
ation; which commission shall have in charge the entire work con-
templated in said constitution, in respect to the men engaged in
overseas duty.
Resolved further, That said commission be authorized to enter
into immediate correspondence with the several Grand Jurisdictions
here represented, and with those who shall hereafter adopt said
constitution; and, in a general way, exercise the functions of an
administrative body, until such time as a set of by-laws may be
adopted by said association.
Resolved further, That this commission be known and desig-
nated as “The Executive Commission of the Masonic Service Asso-
ciation of the United States.”
The above resolution was subsequently changed so
that there would be fifteen members of the commission.
The Grand Master presiding, Brother Schoonover, then
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appointed the following members of the commission,
leaving the others to be appointed later, after the several
Grand Jurisdictions have had an opportunity of adopt-
ing the constitution :
George L. Schoonover, Chairman, Iowa.
Robert Judson Kenwortiiy, New York.
Hugh A. McPherson, Michigan.
A. C. Wherry, Utah.
Charles C. Homer, Maryland.
E. Tudor Gross, Rhode Island.
Walter L. Stockwell, North Dakota.
George A. Treadwell, Louisiana.
T. Picton Warlow, Florida.
George Lawler, Washington.
In consideration of the eminent services of Judge
Scudder, of New York, and in view of the fact that he
has already made arrangements to go to Europe as the
agent of the Grand Lodge of New York, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That Bro. Townsend Scudder, Past Grand Master of
New York, and the chairman of the commissioners appointed by
the Grand Master of New York to undertake the overseas work
among the soldiers and sailors of the American Expeditionary
Forces, be and he is hereby appointed and designated as the agent
and commissioner of this conference and the Grand Jurisdictions
here represented, and those which may hereafter adopt the consti-
tution of The Masonic Service Association of the United States,
to take charge of the overseas work contemplated and embodied in
the constitution this day adopted.
Throughout the entire conference there was not the
slightest evidence manifested that any member present
entertained any hidden or ulterior motives looking to the
establishment of a National or Supreme Grand Lodge;
but in order to set at rest any doubts that might be en-
tertained along these lines, the following resolution was
also adopted :
Resolved, That nothing in the formation of this organization
shall be construed as a move toward the organization of a
National Grand Lodge.
The entire proceedings of the conference will be pub-
lished in time and distributed among the several Grand
Jurisdictions for information. This completes my report
as to what occurred. There were many other resolutions
adopted — votes of thanks, etc. — which are of no moment
here. I now proceed with my recommendations.
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RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
It is apparent that a constitution or plan of organiza-
tion formulated in three days’ time must have its object-
tionable features — must, to a certain extent, be crude and
lacking in those niceties of detail which should ornament
the finished product. This constitution does not purport
to be perfect. It is a mere tentative plan, to be amended
and enlarged from time to time as the exigencies of the
occasion may require. The purpose is good. It is new.
There is nothing of the kind in existence, and the need
of such an organization is apparent to every one who
is familiar with modern history — with the history, 1
might say, that we are now making. Masonry has been
denied its most cherished privilege — that of adminis-
tering to its own members who were in actual want. It
could not do so without the consent of the Government,
and that consent was refused for reasons that we can
not gainsay. What is our duty now? Clearly to remove
the one obstacle in the way of National or inter-state
service, and this plan of organization is offered for the
purpose of solving that one need.
Under this constitution each jurisdiction is at liberty
to retire at any time ; it goes in upon an equal footing
with all of the other jurisdictions, whether they be large
or small, and it remains a member only during its own
pleasure. If the plan is good _ each Grand Lodge is at
liberty to avail itself of its privileges ; if it is bad, it has
its option to retire. Nothing can be fairer. If the plan
is not just what it should be, it can be amended by the
delegates who attend the first triennial conference at
Alexandria on November 11th, next year, for that is
the place selected for the next meeting.
In conclusion, I commend that The Grand Lodge of
North Carolina adopt the constitution, and that it elect
each third year a delegate to the association, or provide
by resolution that the Grand Master shall be ex officio
the standing delegate to the association ; and I also
recommend that the Grand Master be authorized to ap-
propriate such sum of money as he may deem advisable,
not to exceed one thousand dollars per annum, _ to be used
in the prosecution of the work of this association ; and
in order that the whole matter may receive such atten-
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tion as it merits, I further suggest that a special hour
be set apart for the consideration of this matter by the
Grand Lodge.
All of which is respectfully and fraternally submitted,
Henry Alexander Grady,
Deputy Grand Master.
Bro. Leon Cash offered the following resolution
which was read and adopted :
RESOLUTION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA RATIFYING
AND ACCEPTING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE MASONIC
SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES
Whereas, At a conference of Grand Masters, and their duly
approved Representatives,, held at Cedar Rapids in the state of
Iowa on November 26, 27, and 28, 1918, upon the invitation of
Grand Master George L. Schoonover, of the State of Iowa, a
tentative Constitution was adopted for the organization of an
Association to be known and designated as “The Masonic Service
Association of the United States,” and
Whereas, A resolution was adopted by said conference of
Grand Masters, ordering said Constitution to be sent to the
several Grand Lodges of the United States of America, inviting
said Lodges to ratify same, and
Whereas, Said Constitution has this day been presented to The
Grand Lodge of North Carolina, and the same has been duly
considered; and it is the sense of this Grand Body that said
Constitution should be adopted, and that The Grand Lodge of
North Carolina should become a member of said Association;
now therefore, be it
Resolved first. That The Grand Lodge of North Carolina does
hereby ratify, accept and adopt said Constitution, and does hereby
become a member of said Masonic Service Association; and does
hereby taken upon itself the duties and obligations incident to
membership therein.
Resolved second, That the Grand Master of The Grand Lodge
of North Carolina, and his successors in office, be, and they are
hereby designated and appointed the Representatives of The
Grand Lodge of North Carolina in and to said Masonic Service
Association of the United States; and as such, they are hereby
clothed with full power in the premises to act for and in behalf
of The Grand Lodge of North Carolina, in each and every par-
ticular.
Resolved third, That in case the Grand Master shall he unable
to attend the conferences of the said Masonic Service Association,
then he shall be fully authorized to appoint a personal Repre-
sentative under his hand and under the seal of The Grand Lodge
of North Carolina, duly attested by the Grand Secretary; such
Representative to be clothed with the same power as the Grand
Master, were he personally present.
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Past Grand Master Francis D. Winston read the fol-
lowing report of the Committee on Masonic and Eastern
Star Home. On motion so much of it as refers to an
appointment of a Committee on Masonic and Eastern
Star Home of subordinate Lodges was referred to the
Jurisprudence Committee, that part referring to finances
to the Finance Committee, the balance of the report being
adopted :
To the Most Worshipful Grand Master:
Your Committee on Masonic and Eastern Star Home call
special attention to the fine showing made by the management
of the Home. The health of the inmates is good and an air
of happiness and contentment pervades the life there. We
recommend that the annual appropriation to the Home by
the Grand Lodge be fixed at the sum of seven thousand dollars.
We also recommend that there be appointed in each subordinate
Lodge a committee of three members on the Masonic and Eastern
Star Home. That will place the Home on a par with our Orphan
Home; both equally dear to Masons.
The terms of office of Bros. S. N. Boyce and M. C. S. Noble
expire with this Grand Lodge and their successors must be elected
now.
We recommend that the three trustees for the endowment
fund be elected from the Board of Directors of the Home for the
purpose of convenience of meeting.
Fraternally submitted,
C. M. Vanstory,
John H. Cheek,
C. M. Doyle,
Francis D. Winston, '
J. E. Cameron.
The Grand Secretary presented the reports of the
District Deputy Grand Masters and they were ordered
printed in the Appendix.
Byo. James H. Anderson, from the Committee on
Appeals, presented the following report, which was read
and adopted :
January 22, 1919, A. L. 5919.
To the M-' -W ■' -Grand Master, Wardens, and Brethren of The
M ■ ' -W ■ ' -Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
Brethren: Your Committee on Appeals after considering
the matters referred to it does recommend:
In the case of the appeal from the decision of Castalia Lodge,
No. 619, that, because only the statement of the appellant was
presented, the M '.W.'. Grand Master appoint a committee to in-
vestigate the matter and report.
In the case of the appeal from the decision of Neuse Lodge,
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No. 97, that, in view of newly discovered evidence in the case, the
matter be referred to Neuse Lodge for retrial.
Respectfully submitted,
J. S. Spurgeon,
C. R. Emry,
J. M. Templeton,
H. M. Brandon,
J. W. Shuford,
W. Lee Watson,
Harry T. Paterson,
J. H. Anderson.
Past Grand Master Liddell, Chairman of Committee
to Investigate Certain Matters in Sulphur Springs Lodge,
No. 560, stated that inasmuch as the Brother who was
aggrieved had served out his sentence of suspension and
been restored, that there was nothing to investigate and
he, therefore, moved that the committee be discharged.
The motion was adopted.
Bro. J. Edward Allen, from Committee on Jurispru-
dence, presented the following report, which was read
by sections, adopted, then on motion was adopted as a
whole :
REPORT OP THE COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE
To the Most Worshipful Grand Master of The Grand Lodge of
North Carolina, A. F. & A. M.:
We, your Committee on Jurisprudence, beg leave to report as
follows :
(1) As to resolution to place certain properties and documents
in the Hall of History of the State:
The committee recommends its adoption as amended.
(2) As to changing time of fiscal year of the Grand Lodge:
We recommend the adoption of the resolution.
(3) The report of the Committee on By-Laws, with recom-
mendation of Brother Holley:
We recommend the adoption of this report, and the appoint-
ment of the committee of three by the Grand Master, among
whom we recommend Brother Holley, author of the report, as
Chairman — to draw up the revisal of the form of the By-Laws
for the government of subordinate Lodges.
(4) As to Brother Haywood’s recommendation concerning un-
recognized foreign Grand Jurisdictions:
We recommend that the Grand Master appoint a committee
of five to investigate the advisability of recognizing foreign Grand
Lodges not now recognized by us and to report at the next com-
munication of the Grand Lodge.
(5) As to the Masonic and Eastern Star Home Committee:
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We recommend the adoption of this resolution.
Fraternally submitted,
Walter Clark, Chairman,
S. M. Gattis,
B. S. Royster,
W. E. Moore,
F. D. Winston,
F. P. Hobgood, Jr.,
R. C. Dunn,
F. W. Kenny,
W. H. S. Burgwyn,
J. Edward Allen,
B. F. Hall,
R. W. Lemmond,
Knox W. Henry,
Committee.
The resolution offered by Brother Kenny directing
the subordinate Lodges to appoint three members to be
known as the Masonic and Eastern Star Home Com-
mittee was taken up and on motion adopted.
Bro. B. R. Lacy presented a resolution proposing a
change in the authorized work of the Grand Lodge,
which was referred to the Grand Custodians.
The minutes were read and approved.
The Grand Lodge was then called from labor to re-
freshment until this evening at 7:45 o’clock.
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Second Day— Evening Session
Wednesday, January 22, 1919.
The Grand Lodge was called from refreshment to>
labor at 7 :45 o’clock p. m., Right Worshipful Deputy
Grand Master Henry A. Grady presiding.
Prayer by the Grand Chaplain.
The Deputy Grand Master stated that Grand Mas-
ter Norfleet had been called home on account of the ex-
treme illness of his son.
On motion the Grand Secretary was instructed to
send a telegram of sympathy to Grand Master Norfleet
and the following telegram was sent :
“George S. Norfleet, Grand Master, Winston-Salem,
N. C.:
Grand Lodge by rising vote extends loving sympathy
to you in the illness of your son. Prays and hopes for
a speedy recovery.
W. W. Willson,
Grand Secretary.
Bro. J. W. Jones, Chairman of Committee, No. 1, on
Propositions and Grievances, submitted the following
report, which was read and adopted:
To The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
We, your Committee on Propositions and Grievances, No. 1,
to whom was referred the matter of Emmett Simmons, who was
expelled by Lebanon Lodge, No. 391, of Hope Mills, N. C., on
the charge of seduction on the 30th day of May, 1915, from
the information obtainable from the transcript of the trial and
the oral testimony of several of the Brethren from Lebanon
Lodge, No. 391, recommend that the action of the subordinate
Lodge be sustained.
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. Jones,
Barnes Daniel,
Harvey Joyce,
C. M. Doyle.
Bro. A. C. Foscue, Chairman of Committee, No. 1,
on Returns of Subordinate Lodges, submitted the fol-
lowing report, which was read and adopted:
To The Most Worshipfid Grand Master, Grand Officers and
Brethren of the Grand Lodge:
We have examined the said returns and satisfied ourselves
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that the same are correct with few exceptions and these excep-
tions are being handled by the Secretary through the proper
channels of correction.
Respectfully submitted,
A. C. Foscue, Chairman,
I. R. Self,
C. D. Roberts,
_ G. W. Watson,
C. A. Fogle.
Deputy Grand Master Grady, in behalf of Most Wor-
shipful George S. Norfleet, Grand Master, in suitable
words, presented the Grand Lodge with a beautiful
American flag and stated that it was the intention of
Brother Norfleet to have presented this flag in person,
but that he was unable to do so on account of the illness
of his son. Past Grand Master Royster accepted the
flag in behalf of The Grand Lodge of North Carolina
in his usual ornate and beautiful language.
Past Grand Master Andrews called up the resolu-
tion offered by himself at the 1918 session, which had
been referred to the Jurisprudence Committee and re-
ported favorably by them and laid over to this annual
communication, which resolution was as follows :
Resolved, That Sections 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74,
75, 76, and 77 of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, on pages
42 and 43, be repealed and that the same be re-enacted as Sec-
tion 72 A, sub-sections 1 to 13, of the By-laws and Regulations
on page 93.
On motion the resolution was adopted.
On behalf of the Finance Committee he then offered
amendments to these sections as follows :
Strike out of Section 72 A, Sub-section 8 (formerly Section
72, allowing clerical help to Masonic Temple Committee) Sub-
section 10 (formerly Section 74, allowing salary to Assistant
Grand Secretary) Sub-section 11 (formerly Section 75, allow-
ing salary to Auditor) and Sub-section 13 (formerly Section
77, allowing compensation to Grand Librarian) , and
Further that Section 72 A, Sub-section 7 (formerly Section
71 of the Constitution, providing salary for Grand Secretary)
by amending as follows:
By striking out “$1,200.00” in line 2 and insert in lieu thereof
“$2,400.00” and strike out all after word “services” in line 3
and insert in lieu thereof the words “and all fees shall go to
Grand Lodge,” so that the Section will read:
“Compensation of Grand Secretary. The Grand Secretary
shall receive an annual salary of $2,400.00, as compensation for
his services, and all fees shall go to the Grand Lodge.”
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On motion the amendments to the Sections of the
By-laws as proposed by the Finance Committee were
adopted.
The Finance Committee, to whom was referred the
resolution of Grand Treasurer B. R. Lacy to donate
$10,000.00 to the Drewry Memorial Grand Secretary’s
Fund, made report as follows :
Resolution of Bro. B. R. Lacy to appropriate $10,000.00 to
the Drewry Memorial Grand Secretary’s Fund, and for the
Grand Master and Grand Secretary to borrow that sum of
money on one or more notes, we recommend be adopted.
On motion the resolution, as recommended by the
Finance Committee, was unanimously adopted.
The Finance Committee, to whom the resolution of
Bro. Thomas H. Webb, providing for $10.00 to be col-
lected from each initiate for a Grand Lodge Charity
Fund, recommends that the same be amended by adding
thereto the following: “Provided this resolution shall
go into effect on all petitions received or acted on by
a Lodge on or after April 1, 1919,” so that the resolu-
tion will then read as follows :
The resolution of Bro. Thomas H. Webb, providing for $10.00
to be collected by each Lodge for each initiate, over and above
the minimum initiation fee of $15.00, the same to be a Grand
Lodge charity fund, be amended by adding the following:
“Provided, This resolution shall go into effect on all peti-
tions received or acted on by a Lodge on or after April 1, 1919.”
That the resolution as amended be adopted.
On motion the resolution, as recommended by the
Finance Committee, was adopted.
The Finance Committee then submitted the follow-
ing report which was read and adopted:
To T'he Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
Your Committee on Finance beg to submit the following
report :
We find from the report of the Grand Secretary and Grand
Treasurer that the receipts of the Grand Lodge for the past
year have been as follows:
REVENUE
Lodge dues $31,679 80
Charters and dispensations 1 116 00
Dues from members defunct Lodges 69 00
Sale of Proceedings and Codes ; 47 30
Fees : 146 50
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Treasurer Lodge, No. 74 $ 7 00
Miscellaneous receipts 13 00
Mrs. Rebecca Baird, bequest for Orphan Asylum 200 00
Total $32,278 60
SOLDIER MASONS’ WELFARE FUND
From Lodges $3,109 14
From individual Brethren 12 00
$3,121 14
Making total of $35,399.74, receipts of which together with
the $504.46 (balance of Grand Secretary’s Contingent Fund) and
$60.00 interest on B. F. Moore legacy, makes the total of $35,-
964.20 on the Grand Treasurer’s books.
The balance forward at the beginning of the year
was $ 6,343 78
To which added the above given 35,964 20
Makes a grand total of 42,307 98
Less disbursements 34,866 90
Balance on hand January 15, 1919 $ 7,441 08
The amount from Lodge dues is the largest amount ever
collected by the Grand Lodge.
These reports have been checked over by the Auditor and
approved.
We recommend the approval of the action of the Grand Treas-
urer in investing $824.00 in War Savings Stamps, Series of
1918, as directed by the Grand Master, it being the patriotic
duty of every Mason and American to support our Government.
We further recommend the purchase of a like amount of the
1919 Series of War Savings Stamps, and the commendation of
these stamps to the Lodges as an investment of their surplus
funds.
Regarding the question raised by the Grand Treasurer as
to the fiscal year, we recommend that until further legislation
be had by the Grand Lodge, that the accounts of the Grand
Secretary and Grand Treasurer with the Grand Lodge and each
other be made as of the year ending with, December 31st.
The recommendation of the Grand Secretary as to chang-
ing the date of making returns by Lodges from as of October
31st, to as of June 30th, the returns to be made on or before
September 1st, and the remittances to be made settling their
dues on or before December 1st, is a recommendation that will
greatly facilitate the work of collecting the revenue of the Grand
Lodge and we commend the resolution now pending, amend-
ing the By-laws, before the Jurisprudence Committee.
We continue our recommendation that $1,000.00 be placed by
the Grand Treasurer in the hands of the Grand Secretary for
contingent purposes of paying bills of $25.00 or less against Grand
Lodge.
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Proceedings of the
OXFORD ORPHAN ASYLUM
As requested by the Oxford Orphan Asylum, and approved
by the committee of this Grand Lodge, we have made the appro-
priation of (1) regular maintenance, $10,000.00, (2) Baby Cot-
tage maintenance, $5,000.00, (3) special appropriation this year
for repairs $5,000.00, (4) insurance $1,000.00, making a total of
$21,000.00, to which is to be added the $3,750.00 out of the 1918
appropriation of 1918, payable in 1919, (1918 Proceedings, page
166), which makes a total of $24,750.00.
MASONIC AND EASTERN STAR HOME
As requested by the Board of Directors of the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home, and approved by the Grand Lodge committee,
we have appropriated the sum of (1) $7,000.00 for maintenance,
and included in the budget (2) the sum of $1,000.00 appropriated
in 1918, to be paid in 1919, which makes a total of $8,000.00.
DREWRY MEMORIAL GRAND SECRETARY FUND
We have included in the budget $1,600.00 for this fund, of
which (1) $1,000.00 is a payment on the principal of the note,
and (2) $600.00 is for payment of interest on the note.
This item of $1,600.00 for 1919, which we expect will decrease
$60.00 annually, will extend during the years of 1919, 1920, 1921,
1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 and *1928 during each of the
years the Grand Lodge obligates itself to pay $1,000.00 on the
principal, and the interest on the remaining amount due.
In order to meet this payment, and in order to make a paper
upon which a bank can lend, we recommend that the Grand
Lodge specifically appropriate the sum of five cents per member
out of the present per capita tax of $1.00 (which this resolution
does not increase or vary) be set aside and pledged to the pay-
ment of this debt of $10,000.00, or so much thereof as may be
needed.
We renew the recommendation made in 1918, (page 165)
“if practicable, that the auditing of the offices and books of the
several Grand Lodge officers, and institutions and enterprises
in which the Grand Lodge is interested, be done this year by
public certified accountant.”
We find the number of Masons returned this year as 28,805,
on which we estimate *an increase of five per cent which would
give 30,245 as a probable strength of next year.
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
We estimate receipts as follows:
30,000 Masons at $1.00 per capita $30,000 00
1,500 initiates at $1.00 1,500 00
1,500 initiates at $10.00 each for charity purposes __ 15,000 00
Estimated income from Drewry Memorial Fund 1,200 00
Total $47,700 00
We have prepared a budget appropriating $46,330.00, of which
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$32,750.00 is disbursed for charity and $15,000.00 for other ex-
penses, which budget is hereto attached.
R. M. Oates,
H. E. Thompson,
A. E. Glenn,
A. B. Andrews,
P. T. Wilson,
A. J. Harris,
Thos. H. Webb,
W. Y. Warren,
O. W. Petree.
A. ORPHAN ASYLUM AND MASONIC HOME
1. Oxford Orphan Asylum, regular $10,000 00
2. Oxford Orphan Asylum, repairs (1919) 5,000 00
3. Oxford Orphan Asylum, repairs (1918) appropria-
tion .3,750 00
4. Baby Branch of Orphan Asylum, regular 5,000 00
5. Insurance 1,000 00
6. Masonic and Eastern Star Home, regular 7,000 00
7. Masonic and Eastern Star Home, repairs 1918 ap-
propriation 1,000 00
B. ANNUAL COMMUNICATION $32,750 00
1. Credentials Committee $ 30 00
2. Grand Lodge officers’ expenses 325 00
3. Jewel 25 00
4. D. D. G. M. mileage 300 00
5. June communication 100 00
C. ANNUAL SALARIES $ 780 00
1. Grand Master’s clerk $ 500 00
2. Grand Secretary 2,400 00
3. Grand Treasurer 200 00
4. Grand Tiler : 50 00
5. Foreign Correspondence report 150 00
6. Auditing 100 00
D. ANNUAL EXPENSES $ 3,400 00
1. Masonic Relief Association $ 250 00
2. Grand Master’s expenses 500 00
3. Rent for Grand Secretary’s office, 1919 850 00
4. Printing Proceedings of Grand Lodge 1,250 00
5. Grand Secretary’s expenses
Postage $600 00
Stationery 400 00
Printing 50 00
1,050 00
6. Custodians 350 00
7. Bonds, Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer 50 00
$ 4,300 00
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E. SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
1. Extra clerical help for Grand Secretary $ 1,800 00
2. Tuberculosis fund 300 00
3. George Washington Masonic Memorial Association _ 100 00
4. Miscellaneous : 500 00
5. Grand Secretary’s allowance (1918) 600 00
6. Drewry fund 1,000 00
7. Drewry fund interest 600 00
RECAPITULATION
A. Orphan Asylum and Masonic Home $32,750 00
B. Annual communication 780 00
C. Annual Salaries 3,400 00
D. Annual expenses .. 4 300 00
E. Special appropriations 4,900 00
Total $46,130 00
The hour for the election of Grand Officers having
arrived, the Deputy Grand Master appointed Brethren
A. S. Holden, W. L. Beasley, J. E. Allen and F. W.
Kenny as tellers.
The election resulted as follows:
M.'.W. '.Henry A. Grady Grand Master
R.'.W.'.J. C. Braswell __ Dep. Grand Master
R.'.W.'.J. B. Owen Sen. Grand Warden
R.'.W.'.J as. H. Webb Jun. Grand Warden
R.'.W.'.B. R. Lacy Grand Treasurer
R.'.W.'.Wm. W. Willson Grand Secretary
Bro. A. B. Andrews was elected a Director of the
Oxford Orphan Asylum for a term of five years.
Bro. L. M. Clymer was elected a Director of the Ma-
sonic and Eastern Star Home for a term of five years.
Bro. George S. Norfleet was elected a Director of the
Masonic and Eastern Star Home for a term of five years.
Bros. George S. Norfleet, C. M. Vanstory and L. M.
Clymer were elected Trustees of the Endowment Fund
of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home.
On motion of Past Grand Master Liddell, the vote
by which the Committee to Investigate Certain Matters
in Sulphur Springs Lodge, No. 560, was discharged, was
reconsidered. On motion of Past Grand Master Hackett,
Past Grand Master Norfleet was added to the committee
in place of Past Grand Master S. H. Smith, deceased,
and the committee was continued.
Bro. Thomas H. Webb submitted the following reso-
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lution, approved by the Finance Committee, which was
read and adopted:
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the
Grand Master to purchase and present some suitable token of
remembrance to Past Grand Master B. S. Royster on St. John
the Baptist Day at the semi-annual communication, as a token of
appreciation from the Grand Lodge for the very many acts of
kindness and service he has rendered the Oxford Orphan Asylum;
such services being such as money could not buy, for which the
Grand Lodge wishes Brother Royster to know its sincere appre-
ciation.
Thos. H. Webb,
0. W. Petree.
Approved by Finance Committee.
R. M. Oates,
A. E. Glenn,
H. E. Thompson,
W. Y. Warren.
The hour for installation having arrived, the Deputy
Grand Master appointed Past Grand Master S. M. Gat-
tis as installing officer. The following officers were duly
installed by Past Grand Master S. M. Gattis, assisted
by A. S. Holden as Grand Marshal :
Henry A. Grady Grand Master
James C. Braswell __ Deputy Grand Master
J. Bailey Owen Senior Grand Warden
James H. Webb Junior Grand Warden
B. R. Lacy Grand Treasurer
William W. Willson Grand Secretary
appointed officers
Rev. Geo. M. Matthews Grand Chaplain
R. F. Edwards Grand Lecturer
H. M. Poteat Senior Grand Deacon
J. LeGrand Everett Junior Grand Deacon
Leon Cash Grand Marshal
J. E. Cameron Grand Sword Bearer
W. S. Creighton Grand Pursuivant
J. J. Phcenix Grand Steward
F. W. Kenny Grand Stetvard
W. D. Terry Grand Tiler
Bro. Leon Cash submitted the following report from
the Board of Custodians :
To The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of North Carolina:
The summer meeting of the Board of Custodians and Grand
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Proceedings of the
Lecturers was held during July at Waynesville. The meeting
was entirely successful and we enjoyed the pleasure of having
with us R.'.W. '.William W. Willson, Grand Secretary.
At the close of the session a district meeting was held at
which the officers and members of Waynesville Lodge, No. 259,
were hosts to the Masons of the district and the visitors. The
third degree was conferred upon a candidate, and a round table
discussion was enjoyed in which we hope was productive of much
good.
The January meeting of the Board was held in the Library
room of the Grand Lodge Temple, and on the second day a suc-
cessful school of instruction was held. The attendance was not
large, but much interest was manifested.
It is our intention to make the school of instruction an annual
event, and we hope to have with us next year a large number
of Brethren at the same time and place — the Grand Lodge Li-
brary room on Tuesday preceding the session of the Grand Lodge.
During the session of the Grand Lodge the third degree was
exemplified.
The reports of the Lecturers showed that a smaller number
of Lodges than usual had been lectured during the year, owing
to the influenza epidemic.
The Lecturers by agreement among themselves fixed their
renumeration in the future at thirty dollars a week. We approve
the increase and commend the new charges to the favorable con-
sideration of the Masons of this jurisdiction.
The arduous work the Lecturers are doing in teaching the
uniform work of the Grand Lodge is worth more than mere
money and we commend them and their thoroughly proficent
work to the Craft, and respectfully recommend each and all to
the Grand Master to be recommissioned for work during the
ensuing Masonic year.
Before adjournment it was decided to hold the 1919 midsum-
mer session at Brevard, beginning Monday night, June 30th.
Respectfully submitted,
J. E. Cameron, Chairman,
Leon Cash, Secretary.
Bro. Leon Cash submitted a verbal report from the
Committee to Revise the Burial Service. On motion the
committee was discharged and a new committee ordered.
On motion the name of “William J. Hicks Memorial
Hospital” was selected for the hospital to be erected at
Oxford.
The Grand Master announced the following appoint-
ments :
Past Grand Master J. T. Alderman as a member
of the Board of General Purposes for a term of five
years to succeed himself.
Bro. Leon Cash as a member of the Board of Cus-
todians for a term of three years to succeed himself.
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Bro. M. DeLancey Haywood as Grand Historian to
succeed himself.
Bro. C. T. McClenaghan as Assistant Grand Secre-
tary to succeed himself.
Bro. G. V. Cowper was appointed Grand Orator for
the next annual communication of the Grand Lodge.
Committees for the ensuing year were appointed as
follows :
STANDING COMMITTEES
Jurisprudence. — Walter Clark; S. M. Gattis, P. G.
M.; B. S. Royster, P. G. M. ; W. B. McKoy, P. G. M. ;
R. N. Hackett, P. G. M. ; W. E. Moore, P.G.M.; F. D.
Winston, P. G. M.; F. P. Hobgood, Jr., P. G. M. ; R. C.
Dunn, P. M. ; F. W. Kenny, P. M. ; W. H. S. Burgwyn,
P. M. ; R. W. Lemmond, P. M. ; J. Edward Allen, P, M.
By-Laivs. — F. M. Holley, P. T. Harrington, W. H.
Modlin.
Foreign Correspondence. — Marshall LeLancey Hay-
wood.
Appeals. — John Thames, F. D. Winston, J. S. Spur-
geon, H. M. Brandon, Harry T. Patterson, J. H. An-
derson, Dr. J. M. Templeton, C. R. Emry, J. W. Slen-
ford, W. Lee Watson.
Finance. — A. B. Andrews, A. J. Harris, A. E. Glenn,
H. E. Thompson, Thos. H. Webb, P. T. Wilson, R. M.
Oates, N. C. Hines, W. Y. Warren.
Orphan Asylum. — George S. Norfleet, R. J. Noble,
J. W. Cotten, W. Scott Frizzle, S. E. McNeely, R. A.
Doughton, D. M. Buck, R. D. Shore, C. R. Nicholson,
W. J. Andrews.
Masonic Temple. — A. B. Andrews, S. M. Gattis, F.
D. Winston, W. S. Liddell, Claude L. Pridgen, John W.
Cotten, R. J. Noble, B. S. Royster, J. S. Carr, A. J, Har-
ris, J. D. Elliott, John S. Cunningham, R. N. Hackett,
W. W. Willson.
Special Committee on Charity. — J. P. Piilsbury.
Charters and Dispensations, No. 1. — R. F. Edwards,
W. W. Holland, J. W. Alford.
Charters and Dispensations, No. 2. — J. W. Patton,
W. C. Wicker, J. W. Rowell, J. L. Nelson.
Necrology. — Leon Cash, R. E. Bennett, R. 0. Heater.
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Proceedings of the
Unfinished Business. — B. S. Look, C. M. Faircloth,
W. H. Royal.
Propositions and Grievances, No. 1. — J. W. Jones,
Barnes Daniel, Harry Joyce, C. B. Newcomb.
Propositions and Grievances, No. 2. — Geo. P. Bur-
gwyn, E. E. Galer, W. D. McMillan, J. W. Barlow, J. B.
Sellers, W. C. Manning.
Masonic and Eastern Star Home. — J. J. Phoenix, J.
E. Cameron, F. D. Winston, R. N. Hackett, R. E. Cur-
rence, M. C. S. Noble, C. M. Vanstory, C. M. Doyle, L.
M. Clymer.
Returns of Subordinate Lodges, No. 1. — A. C. Fos-
cue, A. B. Goetze, R. D. Jenkins, J. T. Dixon, I. R. Self,
C. D. Roberts.
Returns of Subordinate Lodges, No. 2. — E. T. Mills,
R. L. Woodard, G. S. Barber, G. W. Watson, W. D. Al-
fred.
Returns of Subordinate Lodges, No. 3. — C. R. Fogle,
C. O. Brittian, Ezra Parker, Wm. Wike, Lewis Archer,
W. L. Beasley.
Credentials. — A. S. Holden, D. F. Betts, U. M. Gil-
liken.
Special Committee to Mark Grave of Past Grand
Master Smith. — Eric Norden, W. B. McKoy, E. S. Mar-
tin.
To Investigate Certain Matters in Sulphur Springs
Lodge, No. 560. — W. S. Liddell, P. G. M. ; George S. Nor-
fleet, P. G. M. ; Leon Cash, Grand Custodian.
To Revise Index to the Code. — C. L. Pridgen, F. H.
McCullough, Allen Huggins.
To Revise Burial Service. — Leon Cash, J. E. Cam-
eron, R. F. Edwards.
To Investigate the Advisability of Recognizing For-
eign Grand Lodges not Recognized. — Walter Clark, Mar-
shall DeL. Haywood, C. L. Pridgen, P. G. M., J. J. Phoe-
nix, A. L. Cox.
To Select a Token of the Love and Esteem of this
Grand Lodge and Present Same to Past Grand Master
B. S. Royster. — Francis D. Winston, P. G. M. ; Geo. S.
Norfleet, P. G. M.; James H. Webb, Junior Grand War-
den.
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The Grand Lodge having concluded its business, the
minutes of the morning session were read and approved.
Prayer by the Grand Chaplain.
The Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form.
Grand Secretary.
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Proceedings of the
GOLDSBORO, N. C.
Goldsboro, N. C., January 28, 1918.
The Grand Lodge of North Carolina convened in spe-
cial communication in the hall of Goldsboro Lodge, No.
634, Goldsboro, N. C., at 4:30 o’clock p. m., and was
opened by R.'.WV. Henry A. Grady, Deputy Grand Mas-
ter, in due form, it appearing that a constitutional num-
ber of Lodges were represented.
GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT
M.'.W.'. Henry A. Grady, as Grand Master.
R.'.W.'.U. M. Gillikin, as Deputy Grand Master.
R.'.WV. James C. Braswell, Senior Grand Warden.
R.'.W.'.M. N. Eppsteine, as Junior Grand Warden.
R.'.W.'.C. P. Moore, as Grand Treasurer.
R.'.W.V William W. Willson, Grand Secretary.
Rev. J. W. Patton, as Grand Chaplain.
W.'.D. W. Cobb, as Senior Grand Deacon.
W.'.C. E. Weatherton, as Junior Grand Deacon.
W.'.H. T. Patterson, as Grand Marshal.
W.'.N. F. Rowe, as Grand Sword Bearer.
W.'.D. L. Cuthrell, as Grand Pursuivant.
W.'.C, B. Newcomb, as Grand Steward.
W.'.F. M. Hahn, as Grand Steward.
W.'.W. D. Terry, as Grand Tiler.
PAST GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT
Most Worshipful Francis D. Winston, P.G.M.
The following Lodges were represented : St. John’s,
No. 1 ; St. John’s, No. 3 ; Charity, No. 5 ; Hiram, No. 40 ;
Hiram, No. 98; Wayne, No. 112; Palmyra, No. 147 ; Wm.
G. Hill, No. 218; Doric, No. 568.
The Grand Master announced that this communica-
tion was held for the purpose of instituting Goldsboro
Lodge, No. 634, and installing its officers.
The Grand Lodge was then called from labor to re-
freshments until 7 :45 p. m.
The Grand Lodge was called from refreshment to
labor at 7 :45 p. m., R.'.W.'. Henry A. Grady presiding.
Most Worshipful Francis D. Winston, Past Grand
Master, was introduced, and delivered an interesting, in-
structive and entertaining oration.
Goldsboro Lodge, No. 634, was then duly instituted
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according to Ancient Masonic Rite, and the following offi-
cers were installed :
E. E. Griffin, Worshipful Master.
C. 0. Baird, Senior Warden.
J. E. F. Hicks, Junior Warden.
A. M. Shrago, Treasurer.
R. I. Giddens, Secretary.
F. B. Crowson, Senior Deacon.
C. F. Strosnider, Junior Deacon.
N. D. Blackman, Steward.
W. 0. Mitchom, Steward.
R. P. King, Tiler Wayne Lodge, No. 112.
The minutes were read and approved and, there bein
no further business, the Grand Lodge was then closed i
due form.
Henry A. Grady,
Deputy Grand Master.
ATTEST :
William W. Willson,
Grand Secretary.
MAYSVILLE, N. C.
Maysville, N. C., May 3, 1918.
The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Ma-
sons, of North Carolina, convened in special communica-
tion in the hall of Maysville Lodge, No. 547, at 10 :55
o’clock a. m., and was opened in form, it appearing that a
constitutional number of Lodges were represented.
grand officers present
M.'.W.'.John E. Cameron, as Grand Master.
R.'.W.'.E. M. Koonce, as Deputy Grand Master.
R.'.W.'.Furney Brock, as Senior Grand Warden.
R.'.W.'.E. H. Bell, as Junior Grand Warden.
R.'. W.'.J. C. Long, as Grand Treasurer.
R.'.W.'. William W. Willson, Grand Secretary.
APPOINTED OFFICERS
W.'.A. C. Foscue, as Grand Architect.
W.'.J. H. Hill, as Grand Chaplain.
W.'.J. W. Alford, as Grand Lecturer.
W.'.J. F. Marquette, as Senior Grand Deacon.
W.'.D. F. Wilcox, as Junior Grand Deacon.
W.'.J. N. Sanders, as Grand Marshal.
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Proceedings of the
W.'.J. B. Phillips, as Grand Sword Bearer.
W.'.W. D. Sanders, as Grand Pursuivant.
W.'.A. A. Eubanks, as Grand Steward.
W.’.E. M. Mattocks, as Grand Steward.
W.’.W. D. Terry, as Grand Tiler.
The Grand Master announced that the Grand Lodge
had been called in special communication to lay the cor-
ner stone of the Belgrade Methodist Episcopal Church,
South.
The following Lodges were represented: St. John’s,
No. 3; Hiram, No. 40; Zion, No- 81; LaFayette, No. 83;
Franklin. No. 109; Polloksville, No. 175; Wm. G. Hill,
No. 218 ; Rountree, No. 243 ; Ocean, No. 405 ; Sea Side, No.
429; Maysville, No. 547; Doric, No. 568; Ionic, No. 583.
The procession was then formed, under the direction
of the Grand Marshal, and the Grand Lodge proceeded
in a body to the place where the Church was being
erected, it being about two miles from Maysville, N. C.,
where the corner stone was duly laid by the Grand Lodge
according to Ancient Masonic Rites.
The following articles were placed in the crypt : List
of officers of the Belgrade Methodist Church Sunday
school, Christian Advocate of Nashville, Tenn., dated
April 26, 1918, Raleigh Christian Advocate dated April
18, 1918, call for communication of Grand Lodge to lay
corner stone, list of Grand Lodge officers officiating.
The procession was then reformed and returned to
the Lodge room.
There being no other business, the Grand Lodge was
then closed in form.
John E. Cameron,
Acting Grand Master.
attest :
William W. Willson,
Grand Secretary.
RALEIGH, N. C.
Raleigh, N. C., May 18, 1918.
The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Ma-
sons, of North Carolina, convened in special communica-
tion at the Grand Lodge hall in the city of Raleigh on
Saturday afternoon, May 18, A. D. 1918, A. L. 5918, at
4:00 o’clock p. m., and was opened in ample form.
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GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT
M.'.W.’.Geo. S. Norfleet, Grand Master.
R.'.W.'.C. B. Edwards, as Deputy Grand Master.
It. '.W.'. John J. Phoenix, as Senior Warden.
R.'.W.'. James H. Webb, as Junior Grand Warden.
R.’.W.’.R. T. Gowan, as Grand Treasurer.
R.’.W. ‘.William W. Willson, Grand Secretary.
Rev. A. M. Simms, as Grand Chaplain.
W. ’.Marshall DeLancey Haywood, as Senior Grand
Deacon.
W.’.H. M. Poteat, Junior Grand Deacon.
W.’.A. M. Maupin, as Grand Marshal.
W.'.W. L. Beasley, as Grand Sword Bearer.
W.'.F. F. Harding, as Grand Pursuivant.
W.’.E. R. Pace, as Grand Steward.
W.'.J. 0. Jones, as Grand Steward.
W.’.W. D. Terry, as Grand Tiler.
The following Lodges were represented : Hiram, No.
40; Concord, No. 58; Eagle, No. 71; Wayne, No. 112;
Winston, No. 167; Wm. G. Hill, No. 218; Wake Forest,
No. 282; Pigeon River, No. 386; Raleigh, No. 500; Revo-
lution, No. 552.
Visiting Lodges : Lafayette Lodge, No. 19, District
of Columbia, and Hinsdale Lodge, No. 934, Illinois.
PAST GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT
John W. Cotten, Past Grand Master, Alexander B.
Andrews, Past Grand Master.
The Grand Master announced that the special com-
munication was held for the purpose of conducting the
funeral of our beloved Grand Tiler, Bro. R. H. Bradley.
The procession was then formed by the Grand Mar-
shal and the Grand Lodge proceeded in a body to the resi-
dence of our deceased Brother and escorted his remains
to the Tabernacle Baptist Church and thence to the City
Cemetery, where the body was interred according to the
Ancient Ritualistic Usage of the Order.
The Grand Lodge then returned to the Grand Lodge
hall. On motion of Past Grand Master Cotten a commit-
tee consisting of the following Brethren was appointed
to draft suitable resolutions and report same at the next
annual communication of the Grand Lodge : A. B. An-
drews, P.G.M. ; John W. Cotten, P.G.M. ; Walter Clark.
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The minutes were read and approved. The Grand
Lodge was then closed in ample form.
George S. Norfleet,
Grand Master.
attest :
William W. Willson,
Grand Secretary.
GREENSBORO, N. C.
Greensboro, N. C., May 22, 1918.
The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Ma-
sons, of North Carolina, convened in special communica-
tion in the Masonic hall in the city of Greensboro on May
22, 1918, at 10:00 o’clock a. m., and was opened in ample
form, it appearing that a constitutional number of
Lodges were represented.
GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT
M.'.W.’. George S. Norfleet, Grand Master.
R.*.W.'. Henry A. Grady, Deputy Grand Master.
R.'.W.'.J. C. Braswell, Senior Grand Warden.
R.’. W.’.J. B. Owen, Junior Grand Warden.
R.’.W.’.B. R. Lacy, Grand Treasurer.
R.'.W.b William W. Willson, Grand Secretary.
appointed officers
Rev. H. A. Brown, D. D., Grand Chaplain.
W.’.J. H. Webb, Senior Grand Deacon.
W.’.B. R. Ford, as Junior Grand Deacon.
W.’.J. LeGrand Everett, Grand Marshal.
W.'.Leon Cash, Grand Sword Bearer.
W.’.J. E. Cameron, Grand Pursuivant.
W.'.J. J. Phoenix, Grand Steward.
W.'.J. A. Bolich, as Grand Steward.
W.'.W. D. Terry, as Grand Tiler.
The Grand Master announced thaf the Grand Lodge
had been called in special communication to lay the cor-
ner stone of the Guilford County court house.
The following Lodges were represented: St. John’s,
No. 1; Phalanx, No. 31; Hiram, No. 40; Eagle, No. 71;
Greensboro, No. 76; Neuse, No. 97 ; Hiram, No. 98; Bel-
mont, No. 108; Winston, No. 167; Randleman, No. 209;
Wm. G. Hill, No. 218; Henderson, No. 229; Numa F.
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Reid, No. 344; Oxford, No. 396; Rountree, No. 243;
Stokesdale, No. 428; Lexington, No. 473; Saluda, No.
482; Raleigh, No. 500; Corinthian, No. 542; Elon, No.
549; Revolution, No. 552; Rockingham, No. 495.
Visiting Lodges: Solomon, No. 1, South Carolina;
King Hiram, No. 88, Ohio; Fairfax, No. 43, and Roman
Eagle, No. 122, Virginia.
PAST GRAND OFFICER PRESENT
F. P. Hobgood, Jr., Past Grand Master.
The procession was then formed under the direction
of the Grand Marshal, headed by Oasis Temple . Shrine
Band, and the Grand Lodge proceeded in a body to West
Market street, where the building was in course of erec-
tion, where the corner stone was duly and truly laid ac-
cording to Ancient Masonic Rites in the presence of a
large concourse of citizens.
The following articles were placed in the crypt:
Resolution authorizing the building of court house,
copies of newspapers of the county, list of State officers,
list of county officers, name of architect of building, name
of contractor, list of workmen on building, silver coins,
program of exercises, Code 1915, Grand Lodge Proceed-
ings, 1916, list of Grand Officers officiating.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies an address was
delivered by Hon. James C. Morehead, at the conclusion
of which the procession was reformed and the Grand
Lodge returned to the Lodge room.
On motion the reading of the minutes was dispensed
with. There being no further business, the Grand Lodge
was then closed in ample form.
George S. Norfleet,
Grand Master.
attest :
William W. Willson,
Grand Secretary.
OXFORD, N. C.
Oxford, N. C., June 25, 1918.
The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Ma-
sons, of North Carolina, convened in special communica-
tion in the Masonic Hall on the Asylum grounds at Ox-
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ford, Tuesday, June 25, A. D. 1918, at 11 :45 o’clock a. m.,
and was opened in ample form, it appearing that a con-
stitutional number of Lodges were represented.
Prayer was offered by the Grand Chaplain.
GRAND OFFICERS PRESENT
M.'.W.b George S. Norfleet, Grand Master.
R.'.W.'.D. G. Brummitt, as Deputy Grand Master.
R.'.W.'.T. L. Stryker, as Senior Grand Warden.
R.'.W.'.J. Bailey Owen, Junior Grand Warden.
R.'.W.'.E. B. Mangum, as Grand Treasurer.
R.'.W.'.W. W. Willson, Grand Secretary.
Rev. J. G. Blalock, as Grand Chaplain.
W.'. Marshall DeLancey Haywood, as Grand Lecturer.
W.'. James H. Webb, Senior Grand Deacon.
W.'.B. W. Parham, as Junior Grand Deacon.
W.'.J. LeGrand Everett, Grand Marshal.
W.'.Leon Cash, Grand Sword Bearer.
W.'.John E. Cameron, Grand Pursuivant.
W.'.F. F. Harding, as Grand Steward.
W.'.John J. Phcenix, Grand Steward.
W.'.W. D. Terry, Grand Tiler.
PAST GRAND OFFICER PRESENT
B. S. Royster. Past Grand Master.
The following Lodges were represented: St. John’s,
No. 4; Hiram, No. 40; Eagle, No. 71; Morning Star, No.
85; Western Star, No. 91; Joseph Warren, No. 92;
Jerusalem, No. 95; Columbus, No. 102; Orr, No. 104;
Hanks, No. 128; Mocksville, No. 134; Adoniram, No.
149; White Stone, No. 155; Rolesville, No. 156; Knap of
Reeds, No. 158; Winston, No. 167; George Washington,
No. 174; Mecklenburg, No. 176; Central Cross, No. 187;
Wm. G. Hill, No. 218; Henderson, No. 229; Rountree,
No. 243; Green Level. No. 277 ; Ionic, No. 337 ; Tally Ho,
No. 393; Oxford, No'. 396; University, No. 408; Henry
F. Granger, No. 412; Maxton, No. 417 ; Grifton, No. 452;
Rainbow, No. 479; John A. Graves, No. 494; Rocking-
ham, No. 495; Creedmoor, No. 499; Raleigh, No. 500;
Farmville, No. 517; Andrew Jackson, No. 576; Castalia,
No. 619; John H. Mills, No. 624; Woodsdale, No. 625;
Norlina, No. 630.
Visiting Lodges: Roman Eagle, No. 122, Virginia;
Hampton, No. 204, South Carolina; Hollywood, No. 252,
Virginia.
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The Grand Master announced the appointment of
Bro. W. D. Terry as Grand Tiler.
The Grand Master announced that this communica-
tion was held for the purpose of observing the usual cere-
monies of St. John’s Day.
The Grand Marshal then formed the Grand Lodge
into procession, and they proceeded in a body to the stand
erected on the Asylum grounds, where the following ex-
ercises were observed :
Prayer by Grand Chaplain.
Hymn. “God Will Take Care of You.”
Address of Welcome, Mr. W. B. Ballou, of Oxford.
Response. W.'.Leon Cash, Grand Sword Bearer.
Song. “Old North State.”
Song. “America.”
Song. “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Worshipful R. C. Dunn was then introduced and de-
livered the following address :
On June 28, 1914, all the world was at peace. No
cloud of war was anywhere visible in the sky of universal
harmony. Man arose and plied his usual avocations in
the day time of peace, and in the night time of security
sleep knit up the ravelled sleeve of care. Nations, all
save one, swapped commerce and diplomacy across tran-
quil seas, without ulterior thought or motive; president,
and ruler, and monarch, all save one, in sincerity and
truth, sent mutual messages of peace and prosperity and
good cheer. The dove of peace had builded its nest in the
cannon’s mouth of every land, save one ; and every na-
tion’s sword, save one, had been beaten into ploughshares
and its spears into pruning hooks ; every land, save one,
dreamed of universal peace, “when war drums throb no
longer and the battle flag is furled in the parliament of
man, the federation of the world.”
One nation alone looked with avaricious and design-
ing eyes upon this peaceful scene ; one monarch alone
with countenance lighted by the fires of contemplated
war rubbed his hands in glee as the swing of the pendu-
lum of time brought nearer and nearer a sense of se-
curity to the world, brought closer and closer to him the
opportunity of gratifying his life’s one desire. There in
his palace grounds, as he walked to and fro, he knew that
his great military system had, for forty years and more,
awaited this opportunity; awaited the time when the
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world should lie down in security and peace and sleep on
its arms ; he knew that an army of six million men,
trained to the last minute, awaited his call ; he knew that
every gun was in place ; he knew that every bayonet was
sharpened and every helmet polished ; he knew that every
ship was manned, that every arsenal and dockyard and
warehouse was piled high with ammunition ; he knew
that every factory could be turned in the twinkling of an
eye into the manufacture of munitions and supplies ; he
knew that canned goods without number filled his store-
houses ; he knew that every soldier slept on his arms and
on the chair beside his bed there was his uniform and
kit; he knew that forty years of preparedness, forty
years of untiring activity, forty years of intensive train-
ing, had made his nation fit and his men ready. With
confidence born of knowledge he awaited the hour, and
around his council board, and on his ships, and in his
tents, and wherever his officers met, they boastfully
drank their toast “To The Day.” He could hardly resist
the temptation to let fall his hand and thus give signal
for the machinery to be set in motion whereby his world
empire was to be established. “Alexander dreamed of a
world empire, and died ; Napoleon dreamed of a world
empire, and a lonely island witnessed the shattering of
his dreams ; I dream of a world empire, with me at its
head, and my mailed fist shall not fail,” was his boastful
prophecy.
Once before, and just a year before, he thought the
opportunity to strike had come, and his hand almost de-
scended. He thought then that Italy would be with him
and it was upon Italy that he intended to place the re-
sponsibility of the war, but Italy failed him and he had to
wait. But opportunity must be either found or made ;
German kultur could no longer wait.
And so on June 28, 1914, Archduke Ferdinand, heir
to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his morganatic
wife, the Duchess of Hohenburg, are riding through the
streets of peaceful Serajevo, in Bosnia, when from the
throngs that lined that streets there rushes a Servian stu-
dent named Carvio Prinzip and, before he can be pre-
vented, he has thrown a bomb into their carriage and
they are killed. Servia announces her willingness to
make apology and reparation, but around the council
table, not of Austria-Hungary, but of Germany, demands
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are dictated to Servia, by the acceptance of which she
would have lost her national standing and integrity.
These demands are forwarded by Austria to Servia. The
Emperor of Germany rubs his hands harder and harder,
his pulse beats faster and faster. What if Servia should
accept and his opportunity again be lost and the “Day”
again postponed. But, no, Servia has learned that it is
not all of life to live nor all of death to die, and she will
not surrender her national honor ; she will protect it with
her last soldier and her last ounce of strength. She is
willing to concede every demand that Austria makes save
one, and this she cannot do without surrendering her
national existence. Germany refuses a peace conference
proposed by England, and Austria, being given a free
hand by Germany, and knowing that Germany will back
her up, declares war on Servia. Russia, of the same
Slavic race as Servia, will not stand idly by and see that
race exterminated, and begins mobilization of her forces
on the Austrian frontier. Germany demands that this
mobilization cease within twenty-four hours. Russia
knows Germany and pays no attention to German de-
mands and completes her mobilization. Austria invades
Servia and attacks Belgrade, and an English fleet leaves
Portland under sealed orders. Events, world-making
events, are moving fast and furious. July 31st. ineffec-
tive negotiations take place between the Czar of Russia,
the King of England and the Emperor of Germany for a
peaceful solution of the problems. Germany, confident
that England will never enter the lists against her, and
thinking her designs on France through Belgium will
quickly put that country out of the running and she will
have only Russia to deal with, blocks all efforts looking
towards peace. She will have no peace. What has she
waited for lo these forty years? Peace? Not a chance.
For war, and she will have war at any cost. Stock ex-
changes all over the world close their doors, and the
morning of August 2nd sees the German hosts invading
the little country of Luxemburg, against the formal pro-
test of a government which was powerless to do more
than protest. Germany pays no attention to the protest,
the day has* come. Germany looks across the plains of
Belgium and sees France, her ancient enemy. France
looks back, correctly interprets German designs, and en-
ters the war. Germany wants to get to France. A
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straight line is the shortest distance between two points,
especially when one of those points is French territory.
The straight line runs through Belgium. Belgium has
never harmed a nation in all its life. Its peaceful people
have plied their peaceful trades, relying on the security
guaranteed them by solemn treaties. But what is a
treaty but a scrap of paper? says Germany, and tears the
paper up, and Belgium is invaded. Its people spring to
arms to defend its borders and its people are shot down,
its temples and churches and public buildings are de-
stroyed, its women are violated, its inhabitants are
driven from their homes and German officers and soldiers
are quartered in them ; every outrage possible is perpe-
trated upon Belgium and Belgium is virtually wiped from
the face of the earth. Meanwhile, England demands that
Germany respect Belgian neutrality as guaranteed by
the powers. But Germany respects nothing and England
declares war. Twelve days thereafter, Japan sends her
ultimatum to Germany, demanding that German ships
withdraw from Eastern waters, and failing to receive
satisfaction, declares war, and begins the siege of Kiao
Chow. Turkey lines up with Germany, and she is fol-
lowed by Bulgaria. Montenegro, Portugal and Italy join
the allies, while Arabia, San Marino, Roumania, and
Monaco likewise declare war against Germany.
Thus on April 6, 1917, practically the entire world is
at war. The United States is the only great power of the
world at peace, and that day is to be a red-letter one in
her existence, for on that day she can no longer submit to
German outrages, and plots and conspiracies against her
peace and declares war. The great question before the
American people was whether or not war should be de-
clared. The American people were calm, even-tempered,
cool and capable of dispassionate decision and judgment.
We pride ourselves on our self-control, and lack of hot-
headedness. We had no desire to enter the realm of Eu-
ropean politics. By the enunciation of the Monroe Doc-
trine we had declared that we would brook no interfer-
ence on the part of Europe in the politics of the Western
Hemisphere, and at the same time pledged ourselves not
to interfere in the affairs of Europe. We had no desire
to enter this war ; we are not a war-like people ; we will
stand for peace as long as we can, with honor, make such
a stand. We will not go to war for any light or trivial
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matter; nor will we permit ourselves to be dragged into
war by the designs and political machinations of other
nations. Whenever the United States has declared war
it has been as a last resort and in the interest of human-
ity, justice and freedom, and she has not hesitated to de-
clare the causes which actuated her. Therefore, my
friends, let us for a brief moment examine into the causes
which led the United States to declare war against Ger-
many and see if she was justified in so doing. In law,
whenever a person is indicted, it is customary that the
bill of indictment should set forth in detail the charges
against him which led to the indictment. If you will bear
with me, I wish to indict William Hohenzollern, Emperor
of Germany, before the high bar of humanity, and shall
take pleasure in filing a bill of particulars against him
and let you see whether or not we were justified in de-
claring war against him and his nefarious system and
kultur.
For forty years he has been an enemy of Peace.
Cursing his mother in his early youth, because he at-
tributed to her his withered arm, fighting his father in
his young manhood, breeding dissension and strife
among his ministers, brooking no interference with his
plans, he has studied and worked for a militaristic sys-
tem that made him its master and its soldiers dumb and
unquestioning beasts to do his will ; all the while planning
for the advent of the “Day” when he could test the effi-
ciency of his system on the unsuspecting peoples of the
world.
He has always been the proponent of the doctrine that
“Might is at once the supreme right, and the dispute as
to what is right is to be decided by the arbitrament of
war.”
He has violated his solemn treaties and torn them in
bits as scraps of paper.
He has invaded Belgium, violated the honor of her
women, killed her men, deported her citizens, desecrated
her temples, burned her houses of worship, and destroyed
her homes.
He has made war on defenceless non-combatants in
order to break the spirit of a proud people, and no out-
rage has been too heinous, no crime has been too revolting
in order to accomplish his purposes. No tongue can tell,
no pen can portray, the wrongs done the people of Bel-
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gium by this monster of inhumanity. The story of it
reads like a terrible nightmare, almost beyond the com-
prehension of the human mind. He has starved nine
hundred thousand Poles in order that Poland might be
Prussianized.
He has violated every rule of civilized or even uncivil-
ized warfare. His Zeppelins have dropped bombs of de-
struction on open cities, killing the defenceless woman at
her household tasks and the babe at its mother’s breast.
His submarines have stabbed their victims in the dark,
and men, women, and children, have in the twinkling of
an eye and without warning gone down to their watery
graves that German kultur might be spared.
And on and on has gone his campaign of cruelty and
savagery such that the world has never seen : defenceless
captives stripped naked and shot in cold blood as they are
mockingly told to run for their lives ; submarine victims
deprived of life-boats and life preservers and stood help-
less on the deck of the submarine, which slowly sinks
beneath their feet as the submarine crew jeers at their
fate ; Red Cross hospitals bombed in broad daylight ;
germs of deadly disease secretly scattered among igno-
rant and innocent and helpless peoples ; wells poisoned and
germs of death planted in the sugar coated candies and
these dropped from their airships that unsuspecting chil-
dren might eat of them and die ; hombs of gas that para-
lyze the nerves ; sheets of flames that put out the eyes ;
science employed for savage torture ; scholarship employ-
ed for hypocrisy and lying and deceit ; religion and philos-
ophy employed in defence of cruelty and falsehood and
every species of inhumanity, and in all of this he blasphe-
mously claims partnership with God. Oh ! my friends, was
this not enough to make every nation on earth rise in its
might of righteousness and strength to crush this mon-
ster and his system? Was anything else needed to make
us join in this holy war? If nothing else had happened
could we, with honor, as a Christian nation have kept
out of the conflict? Shall we fight the fight of humanity?
Shall we draw sword in defense of the innocent maidens,
the destitute widows, the helpless orphans? Shall we
take the field as champions of an outraged civilization?
Or shall we answer the piteous cry of homeless and starv-
ing millions, shall we make reply to the call of humanity :
“Am I my brother’s keeper? These people are not my
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people, these children are not my children, these lands
are not my lands, these temples are not my temples. Stay
on the other side, thou apostle of inhumanity, and slay
and kill and torture and starve, and so long as you do not
sink my ship, so long as you do not kill my children, so
long as you do not interfere with my commerce, I will
never raise a hand to stop you in your mad career of
crime.” Is that the answer you would have had your
country make? Is that the position you would have had
your country take? I pray God that it is not, but if you
are one of those who have said, “I don’t believe in declar-
ing war on Germany until she has done something to us.
Let those people across the water fight their own fights.
They are nothing to us. When these atrocities are di-
rected against us, then we will fight, but let us wait” — if
you are one of these I want to say to you that we did
wait. In all the history of the world there never was
such a record of forbearance as that shown by our coun-
try in Germany’s dealings with us. In all the history of
diplomacy there never was a patience like that shown by
that God-sent leader of our destinies, who, though criti-
cised within and cursed without, though hindered at
every turn by traitors to their country and to their fel-
low-man, though with motives impugned and acts
maligned, has stood firm like a rock in mid-ocean, while
about him dashed the angry waves of self-seeking politi-
cians and calamity howling pessimists and traitorous
scoundrels who would sell their country for a dollar bill,
has stood firm and undaunted for the principles of his
Fathers, has stood steadfast and unyielding for the rights
of humanity, has stood four-square to all the winds of
autocracy and demagoguery, until today he stands forth
the greatest statesman, and wisest leader, the champion
of Democracy, the world’s foremost citizen and our
President, Woodrow Wilson.
Yes, he waited. Not because he was afraid, not that ;
not because he did not know the cause was righteous, not
that; not because his heart was not wrung with the
piteous cries of starving women and children, not that;
not because his ears did not hear the call of devastated
Belgium and starving Polard and depleted Serbia and out-
raged humanity, not that, not that ; but because he thought
that by keeping out of the war he could best serve human-
ity, that he could better heed the cry of hunger and hear
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the call of want. He waited as long as he could ; he waited
until honor could wait no longer. He kept us out of war
until to stay out was to declare ourselves too cowardly to
fight ; was to say to all the world “America has no man-
hood, America has no backbone. Kill her women and
children upon the high seas, destroy her commerce, burn
her factories, assassinate her citizens, plot against her
peace, insult her flag and trample her honor under foot.
She will not fight.”
God forbid that such a time shall ever come, when
honor is not worth maintaining, when women and chil-
dren are not worth protecting, when liberty is too cheap
to fight for, and slavery so attractive as to submit to.
Do you think we had no cause for war? Do you
think we went to war without a reason? Will you listen?
A great ocean liner lay at anchor at New York. Her
sailing date was at hand and everything in readiness for
her trip across the sea. Fifteen hundred men, women, and
children were aboard, in spite of the fact that the day
before the papers of New York carried full page notices,
sent out and paid for by the German Embassy at Wash-
ington, warning passengers not to take passage on the
Lusitania. Why should they not take passage? The
ship carried no munitions of war ; it was not an armed
vessel ; it was engaged in no act of war ; she was going
forth upon the high seas and according to every act of
international law she had a right to travel thereon. Did
the whole ocean belong to Germany and to her alone the
right to dictate passage across its waters? If so, then
Germany was master of the world and all its peoples her
subjects. The great ship sailed as it had a right to do.
When its journey was almost completed, a wireless mes-
sage went out from the German wireless station at Say-
ville to the captain of the Lusitania, directing him to
change his course 100 miles and meet the convoy of Eng-
lish vessels that was to escort her to her port of destina-
tion. This was a scheme of the German Government
wholly in keeping with its unholy warfare. The ship, de-
ceived by this false message, changed its course, ran its
hundred miles into a nest of German submarines that
awaited its coming and, while its unsuspecting passen-
gers were asleep, torpedoes are launched against its
sides, and the mighty vessel plunges forward in its death
struggle, while fifteen hundred men, women, and children
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innocent, inoffensive, unoffending, went clown to their
death in the cold dark waters of the sea, while their
piteous cries ascended to the great God of Humanity that
the monster who perpetrated such acts as this be wiped
from the face of the earth. Of these victims, 114 were
American citizens clothed with all the privileges and en-
titled to all the protection guaranteed to those who claim
the Stars and Stripes as their flag. Their destruction was
without cause or reason or excuse. They were murdered
in cold blood ; murder in the first degree premeditated
and deliberated. What shall the United States do? Shall
it stand idly by and see its citizens killed, its rights as a
traveller upon the high seas denied, its flag insulted and
its liberty endangered? Do you say as some have said,
our country should not go to war on account of the vic-
tims of the Lusitania; they were warned to stay, off that
ship, and they had no business on it. Even so ; but what
if Mr. Jones and Mr. Smith, living across the road from
each other and on your way to Henderson, were engaged
in a family feud ; they were doing their best to kill each
other and each other’s families; the road is public prop-
erty; you and your family have as much right to travel
it as anyone else. Suppose you receive from Mr. Smith
a note warning you and your family to stay at home, and
not go to Henderson by the public road. “Jones and I are
using that public road for our fight, and if you venture
on it you are likely to get shot. You stay in your own
yard.” Would you have heeded that warning, would you
have given up your rights to the use of that road? No, a
thousand times no. You would have done like every
other man with red blood in his veins. You would have
said to Smith : “I’m going to use that road ; it’s as much
mine as it is yours ; my wife and my children are going
to use it. and if any harm comes to them through you, I’ll
kill you if it is the last act of my life.” Suppose a month
or so thereafter your children are going into Henderson
and Smith waylays them in the dark and kills them.
Would you fight or would you say, “Well, I’m sorry my
children are dead, but Smith told me to keep them off the
public road, so I won’t do anything to Smith, and here-
after I’ll do just as he says.” No, you wouldn’t have said
any such thing. You would have grabbed that double-
barrel shot gun, filled your pockets with shells loaded
with buckshot, and if Smith could have been found be-
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tween here and Kanischatka, Smith would have been your
“meat,” and you know it. So don’t be criticising Uncle
Sam for having as much backbone and desire to protect
his children as you have, and for doing the same thing
you would have done.
But it was not alone for this that we went to war with
Germany, not by any means. After the Lusitania was
sunk, Germany promised that she would be good and not
do so any more. She didn’t until she got another chance,
and then one after the other of ships were sunk in Ihe
same way, without regard to our protests, and in viola-
tion of our rights. On August 19, the Arabic was tor-
pedoed and sunk, on September 4, the Hesperian. All of
this was in 1915, mind you, nearly two years before we
entered the war. On October 28, 1916, the Marina was
sunk; on December 14, the Russian; on February 26,
1917, after Germany had announced her campaign of
submarine ruthlessness, the Laconia was torpedoed and
eight Americans were lost; on March 16, the Vigilancia,
an American boat flying the American flag was sunk
with five Americans on board ; on March 21, the
Heladton, another American boat flying the American
flag and seven Americans were lost; and on April 1st,
the Aztec, with a loss of twenty-eight Americans. Two
years of patience on our part, two years of deceit and
trickery and inhumanity, of broken promises and violated
treaties on the part of Germany.
And yet this was not all.
She has set the torch of the incendiary to our fac-
tories, our wharves, our workshops and our ships.
She has laid the bomb of the assassin in our munition
plants and the holds of our vessels.
She has blown up our bridges and our buildings.
She has incited labor strikes, and paid for them with
her gold.
She has urged Mexico to make war on us, promising
her Texas and New Mexico as her part of the booty.
She has attempted to bribe Japan into making war on
us, promising her all of the United States west of
Nevada.
She has attempted to corrupt our Congress, and her
ambassador has wired Berlin for authority to use $50,000
with which to buy up Congress as before.
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She has sent her emissaries among the negroes of the
South in an attempt to incite them to rebellion.
She has planted her spies in every village and hamlet
and town and city and community in our country.
She has violated every canon of international decency
and set at naught every solemn treaty and every precept
of international law.
These and a thousand other outrages too horrible to be-
lieve. too numerous to recount, were directed by Germany
against the United States, not after war was declared, but
while we were yet at peace and she was professing friend-
ship for us.
And the Lord God of Hosts, the God of Nations, the
God of Justice, the God of Mercy, the God of Retribution,
the God of Time and Eternity looked down upon these
things, looked down upon the desolated fields and burned
cities of France and Belgium, looked down upon the thou-
sands upon thousands of boys and girls deported into
slavery, looked down upon women violated and children
butchered, looked down upon the bleaching bones of a
million Poles, looked down upon two million Armenians
starved and murdered, looked down upon Servia ground
to the dust, looked down upon hospitals bombed and Sis-
ters of Mercy slain, looked down upon humanity out-
raged and Christranity insulted, looked down upon these
things, and cried with a voice that shook the earth to its
foundation, “America, where art thou?” and I thank God
that America answered, not in the words of cowardly
and murderous Cain, but in words of love for her sons
and daughters and the sons and daughters of the world,
of love for national integrity unstained, of love for the
cause of liberty undiminished, in love for the liberties of
the world ; I thank God that America answered in tones
heard round the world “Here am I!” and, having an-
swered, I thank God that America, my country, will fight
this fivht to a finish, will exhaust her every resource, will
dedicate her every energy, will use her every means, will
spend her vast wealth of money, and munitions and men,
in the fight to rid the world of this inhuman brute and
make it safe for Democracy. I hate war, I want peace
just as badly as anyone; and yet I would not for the
world have this country make peace until this menace
has been removed from the world of authority, for if we
did it would be but a renewal of the conflict at a later
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date, when we would fight the fight alone. You may cry
peace, peace, but there is no peace until this world terror
is put clown ; there can be no peace until the Prussian sys-
tem of military autocracy shall forever receive its death
blow and William Hohenzollern shall be bound in
chains to the chariot wheels of democracy. Then, and
then only, will the world be free, then and then only will
liberty be secure.
And so, my friends, our first and greatest war time
duty was to declare war against Germany. It was a duty
to ourselves, to our children, to posterity, to our country,
to civilization, to humanity, to God.
And then I like to think of the duty we owed to
France. If no other motive had inspired us, if no other
cause had actuated us, it was sufficient for us that
France needed our aid and support. For three years this
splendid nation of heroes bore the brunt of the German
onslaughts ; for three years she withstood the hail of fire
and brimstone and hell hurled at her from the German
guns ; for three years, with her gallant English comrades,
she fought and bled and battled as nation never fought
before ; for three years she suffered every humiliation that
a proud nation could suffer from a conscienceless invading
host ; back and yet back were her armies rolled, even to
the gates of Paris, but never a let-up in her stubborn re-
sistance, never a falter in her gallant lines, never a mur-
mur from her lips; and yet ever and anon as the battle
waged, ever and anon as her bravest, and proudest, and
best went down in the terrible maelstrom of defeat, and
others as brave, as proud, as good, took their places in
the ranks of those who fought for France and for Lib-
erty ; ever and anon when hope was almost gone and de-
spair had almost come, then it was that France looked
out across the waters of the deep, looked out to where
Liberty held aloft the torch of Freedom which Franee
had helped to kindle, looked out across the seas to America
which she had helped to save, looked out, and cried in
tones of silence louder than the thunder’s peal, “America,
will you never come?” And when I think of what France
had done for us, when I think of that splendid galaxy of
her noble youths, leaving their homes, and their fame,
and their fortune, and giving their all to America; when
I think of Lafayette and Rochambeau and the armies
they led and the fights they fought that we might be free ;
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when I think of their sacrifices, and their dangers, and
their sufferings, all laid upon the altar of American lib-
erty, when I think of these things, I thank God that that
silent voice was heard in every city and hamlet and town,
on every mountain top and in every valley of this great
land, heard by every man and woman and child of
America; I thank God that America, answering, sent
Pershing at the head of hundreds of thousands of Ameri-
ca’s sons, her noblest, and bravest, and best, and that he
stood at the foot of the monumnt of him whom America
loves and with hands raised to high Heaven and in tones
piercing to the heart of Germany, he cried “Lafayette,
we are here.” Yes, they are there, hundreds of thousands
of them and millions more to go, there to stay until the
invaders’ foot shall be driven from the soil of France and
the world shall indeed be free, for it is thus that America
hears the call of Duty and answers.
When our President affixed his signature to that
memorable document on the 6th day of April, 1917, the
war that had been France’s and England's and Italy’s
and Russia’s became ours. At that time certain duties
devolved upon us as American citizens. Before that time
you may have been a peace advocate, you may have been
opposed to our country declaring war; after that time
you became one of two things, you became a patriot or a
traitor. There was no middle ground then, there is no
middle ground now. You are on the one side or the other.
If you are doing your duty, if you are giving to your coun-
try all there is in you to give ; if you are supporting your
country in every thought and word and act, with your
money, with your work, with your life if necessary, then
you are loyal : but if there lives a man, or a woman, or a
child, calling themselves citizens of this country, enjoy-
ing the protection of that flag, living under her benefi-
cient laws, enjoying her untold prosperity, drinking
from the cup of freedom which she guarantees, enjoying
life, and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, worshiping
their God according to the dictates of their consciences,
free beings in a land of freedom, if there is such a per-
son, who in a time like this raises his finger to hinder or
impede the government in its war aims and war purposes
or who does not, with his whole heart and soul, lend his
aid and support to our country in its varied undertakings
for the successful prosecution of this war, or who, by
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so much as the faintest sign or whisper gives encourage-
ment to the enemy, I want to tell you, my friends, that
person is a traitor to our country and unworthy of the
high name of American citizen. He has no place in our
community, our state, our nation or our life, and the
sooner he goes to Germany and gets in his proper sphere
the better it will be for him and for our government. Is
it possible that I hear the question, “What is my duty?”
The answer to that question should be burned in letters
of fire on the heart of every citizen of America. In the
first place it is our duty to support the laws which have
been promulgated by our government for the carrying on
of this war. Standing at the very head of the list of these
is the one by which our sons, our brothers, our sweet-
hearts and our relatives are being called to the colors, —
the law now commonly known as the selective draft. I do
not know what great mind conceived that law, nor what
bold heart brought it into being, but I do know that it
was conceived in justice and brought forth in democracy.
I verily believe it to be the most democratic law that has
made its appearance upon our statute books. I believe it
to be the most just means by which an army has ever
been gathered together in the history of the world ; a law
which says to the rich man and the poor man, to the man
of high social standing and man of low degree, to the man
of every color and of every race claiming citizenship at
the hands of the United States, “This is your war and you
must fight it.” It is the most beneficent in operation for it
says to the slacker, “You shall not slack;” to the loafer,
“You shall not loaf;” it says to the widowed mother,
“Your only son, the comfort and consolation of your de-
pendent years shall not be taken from you;” it says to
the physically fit, “You shall go ;” and to him who is not
able to bear arms, “Abide at home';” it says to the indus-
tries of the country, “You shall not be crippled ;” and to
the agricultural interests, “You shall be provided for.”
All and in all I believe it to be the finest law ever devised
by the mind of man for the purpose for which it was en-
acted, and it is your duty and mine to see that the law
is enforced ; to see that none are taken who should be ex-
empted and that none are exempted who should be taken.
Whenever I hear a man prate against the selective draft,
whenever I hear him say that if he were young enough
sure thing they would not have to draft him, he would
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volunteer, whenever I hear him say that and see that man
refuse to join the Red Cross, refuse to buy a Liberty
Bond, refuse to contribute to the Y. M. C. A. activities,
refuse to purchase a War Saving Stamp, refuse to take
part in any patriotic celebration or to contribute thereto,
refuse to aid our country in its campaign for the con-
servation of food and fuel, refuse to aid in any of the
agencies working for our country’s good ; whenever I see
that I know that man has lied and the truth is not in
him. He is the same kind of yellow cur who says he
didn’t believe in declaring war on Germany, and going
to Europe to fight, but that if Germany invaded the
United States he would fight, and yet all that is necessary
to make him take to the tall timbers is a wireless that a
corporal’s guard of Germans was in three thousand miles
of New York City.
Then there is the Red Cross, the greatest Mother in
the World, knowing no race, no color, no condition ; fear-
ing no danger of casualty or disease or death; hearing
the call of suffering humanity and placing the hand of
mercy upon the fevered brow, or binding with care the
gaping wound, or soothing with tenderest touch the shell-
shocked frame ; caring for our boys in camp, on train or
ship, in trench or rest-room ; ministering to those he left
behind, the aged mother, the disabled father, the depend-
ent wife, the helpless child — going wherever affliction has
laid its heavy hand or war has exacted its awful toll —
doing whatever humanity demands or mercy dictates ;
this is the Red Cross, the noblest organization of un-
selfish men and women that time has ever looked upon,
banded together for the good that they can do. I care not
what insignia of order or fraternity you may wear upon
your breast, but for honor to him who wears it the in-
signia of the Red Cross gives place to none. A month
ago forty-seven million citizens of the United States
loosed their purse strings and one hundred and seventy
million dollars flowed into its coffers. Another call and
a hundred million will answer its appeal. The patriotism
of America has no dollar that it can hold when the Red
Cross calls ; the loyalty of her grand citizenship knows no
parsimony when her appeal is made.
Throughout the nation a great campaign is now being
waged for the sale of War Savings Stamps. We have
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been a nation of spendthrifts, and in this particular, as in
many others, North Carolina has been sitting at the head
of the table. Our people have been profligate spenders.
We have not learned the lessons of thrift, and if this war
will turn us from our thriftlessness into a nation of
savers, into a State of savers, then the war will not have
been fought in vain. Some day peace will come. No man
can tell what the conditions will be when that day shall
arrive. Certainly we must go through a period of recon-
struction, a vast readjustment must take place. Thou-
sands— yea millions — of men will be thrown back into
civil life. The day of reckoning is bound to come, and he
who saves, who begins now to prepare for that day will
be better prepared to meet it when it dawns. It is not
only our duty to ourselves to save, but a greater duty to
our country, so that our savings may be loaned to the
government and with them the war may be prosecuted.
It takes a vast amount of money to run this war. The
daily per capita cost of the war to the people of the
United States is 28 cents; the daily income of the people
of the United States is $1.05. The daily per capita cost
to Great Britain is 74 cents; her daily per capita income
is 70 cents ; the daily per capita cost to France is 50 cents,
her daily per capita income is 51 cents. The daily per
capita cost to Germany is 40 cents ; her daily prer capita
income is 44 cents. So you will see that while the other
nations in the war are spending all of their daily income
and over, the United States is not yet spending thirty per
cent, of her income. But the United States is daily in-
creasing the amount of its expenditures, until shortly,
doubtless her war expenses will be almost as much as her
daily income. This money must be raised. It can be
raised in only two ways : by a voluntary loan by the citi-
zens of the United States or by taxation enacted by the
government of the United States. It is for the people of
the United States to decide which method they prefer. A
tax receint represents nothing and has no value ; a War
Savings Stamp represents a habit of thrift and has a ma-
turity value of five dollars. Do you prefer to loan the
government money at the rate of four per cent interest
compounded quarterly, or pay the government the same
amount in taxes and have nothing to show for it?
For the money, and the same amount of money,
must be raised whether by the one way or the
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other. If your friend asked you to loan him
twenty dollars, you would do it without hesitation,
without security, without interest, and without a promise
to repay. The United States is the best friend you ever
had. It is the friend of every man, woman, and child
claiming its flag as their own. It asks that each of these
loan to it the sum of twenty dollars. It offers the best se-
curity in the world, it pays the most liberal rate of inter-
est that business can receive, and it makes a definite
promise to pay at a definite time, a time when the people
of the country will most need the money. Better still, it is
going to use every cent of this money for your protection
and the protection of your children, and I believe that the
patriotism of the country is going to rise to the occasion,
as it has always done, and when the campaign shall have
closed on the night of the 28th of June, I believe that
every single Thrift and War Savings Stamp will have been
subscribed for by the liberty-loving people of the United
States.
I feel that it is unnecessary to call your attention to
our duty with respect to the conservation of food. Food,
more than any other one thing, will contribute to the win-
ning of the war, and the American people have, with al-
most unanimity of purpose, entered heart and soul into
the program of the Food Administration. Some of the
rules may seem stringent, but I know that our people are
willing to deny themselves of white flour and sugared
luxuries in order that the boys in trench and camp may
have their requirements of the food that is essential to
the proper conduct of the war. Here and there we find a
man who is making a hog of himself instead of raising
one, but I am proud of the fact that North Carolina,
under the leadership of that splendid gentleman, Henry
A. Page, is presenting a record of food conservation of
which her every citizen may well be proud.
But, my friends, the greatest war-time duty of all, the
duty that embraces all other duties, the one duty that
lies nearest my heart as I speak to you today is that of
loyalty. How can any man be but loyal to this great
country of ours? How can any man’s heart beat except
in utter devotion to its every interest? How can any
tongue speak but in praise of it? How can any pen write
but in eulogy of it? How can any thought be but in love
for it? When I think of the great struggles through
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which it has passed, when I think of the great trials it
has endured, when I think of the great hardships it has
encountered, when I think of the perilous times it has
seen, when I think of the great battles it has fought, of the
wonderful victories it has won, all that you and I and the
sons and daughters of men might be free ; when I think of
the blessed privileges that we enjoy, when I think of the
blessings of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
guaranteed to us, when I think of the great past behind
us and the glorious future ahead of us, I can but stop and
wonder with Scott, if
“Breathes there a man with soul so dead
Who never to himself hath said,
‘This is my own, my native land,’
Whose heart within him ne’er has burned
As home his footsteps he has turned
From wandering on a foreign strand?
If such there be, go, mark him well,
For him no minstrel raptures swell
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim,
Despite those titles, power and pelf,
The wretch, concentered, all in self
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.”
And yet, my friends, as I go about the country, as I
talk with men, as I sit in my office or my home and read
the newspapers, as I look at the acts of some of those
high in authority, my very soul, and the very soul of
every true American citizen, is wrung with pain at the
disloyalty that is rampant among us. I thank God that it
is not as bad now as it was, but it is still
bad enough. You hear this one say, “I am a
patriotic American citizen, but,” you hear this
one say, ‘‘I will do just as much as any man
to lick Germany, however;” we read of this man saying
that he is with America heart and soul “if ; we read of
that one saying, “I believe America will win, neverthe-
less 0 ! my friends, if there ever was a time in the his-
tory of the world when we need patriotism without any
“if” or “however” or “but” or “nevertheless,” it is now.
What we need and what we must have, if every traitor in
America has to be hung, is a patriotism without any
qualification, without any restriction, without any if or
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and or but or however or nevertheless ; a patriotism one
hundred per cent pure, a patriotism that will stand the
crucible of any test; a patriotism that can be depended
upon. Away with that form of loyalty that says, “I am
a patriot, but don’t make me list my income tax “I am
a patriot, but don’t close down my factory on
heatless Mondays “I am a patriot but don’t
take away my meat on meatless Tuesdays;” “I am a
patriot, but don’t make me eat corn meal and buckwheat
cakes;” “I am a patriot but don’t take away my right
of saying any fool thing I want to about the
Government;” ‘‘I am a patriot but don’t interfere
with State’s rights and personal liberties;” “I am a pa-
triot, but please excuse my son, he’s a farmer ; why that
boy raised a whole hog and two bushels of corn last year ;
I don’t see what in the world I would do without him ; if
you are going to take away the producers of this country,
then America is going to the demnition bow-wows;” “I
am a patriot, but do you think a Liberty bond is really
safe ;” “I am a patriot, but why in the world don’t Wilson
get someone up there to run this war business ;” “I am
as good a patriot as anybody, but I tell you when they
take my wife’s first cousin and put him In an old tent
with only six pairs of blankets, that’s another matter;”
“Yes, I am a patriot, but I don’t believe in these women
going around asking people for money for the Red
Cross, let the men run the Red Cross ;” “I’m a patriot all
right, but Mr. Food Administrator, don’t you dare make
me give up my seven barrels of flour and two barrels of
sugar;” “ I believe in the government taking over the
railroads and factories if it wants to, that’s all right, but
don’t you know, this Fuel Administrator won’t let me
charge but thirteen dollars for a cord of wood ; why it’s
absurd, I can’t make over eleven dollars and fifty cents
profit on it at that to save my life ; besides I don’t think
the government ought to take private property like that
anyhow.” And on and on they go, these patriots, with
accent on the first syllable. Yes, take the pay out of their
patriotism and it spells treachery. Of course there are
none of this kind in North Carolina; surely there are
none of this kind among the Masons of North Carolina,
but out yonder in the woods are just full of them.
Then, too, out yonder in there is another brand
of patriot ; he is that fellow who starts the report that the
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banks of the country are not safe, and he gathers his son
John and his son John’s wife and his son John’s mother-
in-law and his son John’s second cousin by marriage and
away they go to the bank and draw out their three dollars
and seventy-five cents, and then circulate the report that
the bank has busted. Right behind him comes the patriot
who says that a tax of ten dollars per acre has been im-
posed on all tobacco planted ; almost running over him is
the patriot who says that all the government wanted you
to can goods for was in order that government agents
might come along later and take them away from you.
Falsehood on top of falsehood, deceit on top of deceit, lie
on top of lie. German propaganda, every bit of it, con-
ceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity; and the
curious part of it all is that there never was a German
lie so black that there wasn’t some so-called American
fool enough to believe it and pass it on.
I believe in the ultimate success of our country in its
war with Germany j list as much as I believe in the resur-
rection of my Lord and Master ; and yet how much more
quickly that success could be attained, how much less
bloody that victory would be, how many thousands, yea
perhaps millions, of young lives would be spared if every
man and woman and child in the United States would
stop carping and criticising and abusing and work hand
in hand and all together for the accomplishment of the
giant task to which our country has set her hand. And
yet it seems to me that it is absolutely necessary, in order
that the people of the United States should become uni-
fied in this great undertaking, it seems to me that it is
necessary that those men and women who are hindering
our country in the prosecution of the war, that those who
are giving aid and comfort to the enemy, should be dealt
with and dealt with severely. The United States de-
mands an undivided loyalty and allegiance to its cause.
No half-way patriotism will suffice ; no lukewarm loyalty
will answer ; no chreless indifference will be tolerated. I
don’t know how you feel about it, but as for me, I believe
that the time has come when these obstructionists, these
stumbling blocks, these traitors, should be stood in front
of an accurate firing squad and their treachery ended
forever and a day. I am willing to do anything the min-
isters ask me to do ; I will work for them, I will fight for
them, I will preach for them, I will even pray in public
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for them, but there is one thing: I will not do for any man,
and that is love the Kaiser. I will not love him, for there
is nothing lovable about him ; but hating him as I do, I
love him just a little bit better than I do that unmention-
able and unconscionable skunk, the American traitor ; the
man who has lived and moved and had his being here, the
man who has been protected by the folds of that flag, the
man who has made his fortune here, the man who has en-
joyed the blessed sunshine of liberty and freedom and
love guaranteed by our laws, and who would now de-
liver us bound hand and foot into the power of that au-
tocratic, militaristic and inhuman brute.
I believe the lonesomest man of whom I have ever
read or heard in fact or fancy, in prose or poetry, in his-
tory or fiction, is not Alexander the Great crying for more
worlds to conquer, not Napoleon standing on that desert
island and looking out across the waters to the scene of
his former glory and his blasted hopes, not Jesus Christ
Himself as He suffered and died on Calvary; no, not
these. But in that masterpiece of fiction from the pen of
Edward Everett Hale, The Man Without a Country, the
lonesomest man in all the world is found. You will re-
member how Philip Nolan, for some breach of discipline,
was courtmartialed and when found guilty, upon being
asked what he had to say why sentence should not be
passed upon him by the United States, cursed the United
States and prayed that he might nevermore hear its name
until the day of his death. The court martial retired to
make its decision, and upon returning, the president of
the court martial, in solemn tones announced to Philip
Nolan that the sentence of the court martial was that his
prayer be granted, and from that day until the day of his
death he never saw in print nor heard the name of his
country again. He was taken aboard a vessel bound for
a long cruise. No flag floated at its masthead ; no insigna
marked the officers’ rank, no literature, having reference
to America, was allowed to fall in his hands, no reference
to the United States was ever made in his hearing; and
for half a century he lived the most wretched life that
man could live, with no land to call his home, with no flag
to claim as his own, and he died as he had lived, a “man
without a country.” How is it with you today, my
friends? Are you a man without a country? Is this
land your home? Is this flag your flag? Is this country
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your country? It is if you are loyal to its every interest,
if you are true to its every ideal, if your heart beats in
accord with its every purpose. But if you are disloyal in
thought or word or act, if you are unfaithful in purpose
or deed, if you know another thought save our country
and its victory, then you are just as much a man without
a country as was Philip Nolan as for fifty long years he
sailed the seas, an exile from friends and country and
home.,
Was it not Cato, who, realizing the great menace that
Carthage was to Rome, realizing that if the Carthagenian
lust for power was not curbed, Rome would eventually
fall a prey to that country, on whatever occasion he spoke
and on whatever subject, always ended his speech with
this admonition to the Roman people : Carthago delenda
est? And so today, realizing as I do, and as you must, the
great menace to our country and to the world at large of
German aims and German purposes, may I not close this
speech with an admonition to the people of America
Germania delenda est, a liberal translation of which
means that German kultur, German militarism and Prus-
sian autocracy must be forever wiped from the face of
the earth, for then, and then only, will the world be free,
then, and then only, will liberty be secure.
The Grand Marshal then reformed the procession and
the Grand Lodge returned in a body to the Masonic Hall.
On motion of Past Grand Master Royster the thanks
of the Grand Lodge were extended to Brother Dunn by
rising vote for his most excellent, interesting and in-
structive address, and he was requested to furnish a copy
for publication in the Proceedings of this communica-
tion and The Orphans’ Friend.
The minutes of the communication were then read
and approved and, there being no further business, the
Grand Lodge closed in ample form.
George S. Norfleet,
Grand Master.
attest :
William W. Willson,
Grand Secretary.
MAJOR-GENERAL CALVIN JONES,
GRAND MASTER OF MASONS, 1817-1820.
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CALVIN JONES,
Physician, Soldier and Freemason
By Marshall DeLancey Haywood
(Historian of The Grand Lodge of North Carolina)
Major-General Calvin Jones, an officer of North
Carolina Militia throughout the Second War with Great
Britain, a physician and scientist of marked ability,
and Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of North
Carolina, was born at Great Barrington, Massachusetts,
on the 2d day of April, 1775. His birthplace was in the
Berkshire Hills. His father was Ebenezer Jones, a sol-
dier in the Army of the Revolution, and the maiden name
of his mother was Susannah Blackmore. The family’s
earliest progenitor in America was Thomas Ad Jones, a
Welchman, who settled at Weymouth, Massachusetts, in
1651. From him, Ebenezer Jones was fourth in de-
scent.
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
Of the early life of Calvin Jones we know little. We
get a slight glimpse of the surroundings of his infancy
in a letter to him from his father’s sister, Mrs. Mary Col-
lins, who says: “I came to your father’s house to stay
with your mother while your father and Uncle Joseph
went to fight for their dear country. You were then 16
months old.” A letter from his father declares: “Your
mother and I made slaves of ourselves that our children
might have education.” We are unable to ascertain in
what institutions Calvin Jones received his education,
but that he was possessed of a varied store of knowledge
in state-craft, medicine, surgery, science, history, botany,
and polite literature, there is ample proof. The study of
medicine he began in boyhood, and he made such wonder-
ful progress in that science that he was able to stand an
examination on the subject at the early age of seventeen.
A certificate, or medical license, now owned by his de-
scendants, reads as follows :
These may certify that Calvin Jones, on ye 19th of June,
1792, offered himself as a candidate for examination in the Heal-
ing Art before the United Medical Society. He was like-
wise examined and approved of by the said Society as being well
skilled in the Theory of the Physical Art, and by them is recom-
mended to the Publick, as per Order of James Batten, president.
DOCT. DAVID DOTY, Secretary.
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We have never been able to learn where this United
Medical Society was located. Before leaving New Eng-
land, Dr. Jones practiced his profession with marked
success, as we learn from general letters of recommenda-
tion and introduction from physicians with whom he had
been associated before removing to North Carolina.
LEGISLATIVE, MEDICAL, AND JOURNALISTIC CAREER
It was about the year 1795 that Dr. Jones settled in
North Carolina, locating at Smithfield, in Johnston
County. He soon gained the esteem and confidence of the
general public in his new home, likewise attaining high
rank among the most progressive and enlightened medi-
cal men of North Carolina.
In the course of time, Dr. Jones was called into public
life by the voters of Johnston County, being twice
elected a member of the North Carolina House of Com-
mons, serving in the sessions of 1799 and 1802. He was
an active, useful, and influential member of these bodies.
His speech (November 20, 1802,) against the proposed
appropriation to establish a penitentiary, in the nature
of a mild reformatory, was an argument of great force
which was reported in short-hand by Joseph Gales, edi-
tor of the Raleigh Register, for the use of his paper (see
issue of December 14th) , and it was later re-published in
a small pamphlet. In this speech, Dr. Jones said:
“The plan of lessening- the frequency of crimes, by reforming
instead of punishing criminals, has originated in principles that I
revere; but sure I am the advocates of this measure are mistaken
in the effects it is calculated to produce. * * * This extrava-
gant project, in other States, has been more to accommodate vaga-
bond wretches whom the jails of Europe have vomited upon our
shores, than native citizens, and this strongly increases my objec-
tion to the measure. In New York, I am assured from authority
on which I can rely, that two-thirds of the criminals in the State
prison are freed negroes and foreigners. The prudent policy of
this State [North Carolina], in refusing to liberate any of its
slaves, will relieve us from one species of these pests of society,
but we have no security against the other except in the rigor of
our laws.”
Concerning emigrants from Europe to America, Dr.
Jones added : “There are many of them who were an
honor to their own country, and who are now an orna-
ment to this. I object only to these vagrant wretches who
have no trade or profession but thieving and sedition;
whose schools of education have been jails and armies,
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and who transport themselves here to avoid a transporta-
tion to Botany Bay, or to elude the pitiless noose of the
hangman.”
The session of 1802 ended the services of Dr. Jones
as a member of the House of Commons from Johnston
County, but, after his removal to Raleigh, he was hon-
ored with a seat in the same body as a representative
from the county of Wake, as will be mentioned later on.
So far as is known, Dr. Jones was the first physician
in North Carolina to discard the old treatment by inocu-
lation as a preventive of small-pox, and to substitute
therefor the new process of inoculation now known as
vaccination. So up-to-date was Dr. Jones that he was
extensively practicing this treatment before the experi-
ments of its discoverer (Dr. Jenner) were completed in
England. In 1800, while still living in Smithfield, Dr.
Jones announced through the newspapers that he would
begin a general practice of vaccination — or inoculation
as it was still called — in the Spring of the following year.
Later he decided to postpone such action until he could
get the benefit of reports of more recent experiments
elsewhere ; and he published in the Raleigh Register, of
April 14, 1801, a card in the course of which he said:
“The public have been taught to expect, from my advertise-
ments of last year, that I shall, in the ensuing month, commence
inoculation for the Smallpox; but I am prevented from doing- this
by the consideration of what is due from me to those who would
have been my patients, whose ease and safety my own inclinations
and the honor of my profession bind me to consult.”
In this card, Dr. Jones further said of Dr. Jenner’s
discovery that eminent practitioners in England, Scot-
land, Austria, and France were using the treatment
with success, while Dr. Mitchell, of New York, and Dr.
Waterhouse, of New Hampshire, were among the Ameri-
can physicians of note who had been engaged in the same
work.
In conjunction with a number of other well known
physicians of the State, Dr. Jones was one of the organ-
izers of the North Carolina Medical Society in the year
1799. On the 16th of December, in that year, these gen-
tlemen met in Raleigh and perfected an organization.
Dr. Jones was elected Corresponding Secretary or “Secre-
tary of Correspondence,” and served in that capacity
during the life of the society. This organization held
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meetings in Raleigh during the month of December in
the years 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804. The
meeting in the year last named adjourned to reconvene at
Chapel Hill, the seat of the University of North Carolina,
on July 5, 1805. I can find no record of the Chapel Hill
meeting, though it may have taken place ; nor can I find
any notice of subsequent meetings. In the issue of the
North Carolina Booklet, of January, 1917, is a brief ac-
count which I wrote of this society. During its short-
lived existence, many enlightening medical essays were
read before it by its learned members, and much useful
knowledge was thereby disseminated. Among other
things, the society collected a botanical garden and
natural history museum. Many years later, Dr. Jones,
on the eve of his removal to Tennessee in 1832, turned
over to the University of North Carolina a collection of
this nature, which may have been the same. Alluding to
this gift in his History of the University of North Caro-
lina, Dr. Battle says :
“About this time a prominent Trustee, of Wake County, about
to remove to Tennessee, General Calvin Jones, presented to the
University his ‘Museum of artificial and natural curiosities.’
Probably some of these are somewhere among the University col-
lections, but it is doubtful if they can be identified.”
This collection contained a great variety and wide
range of objects- — from small botanical specimens to
mastodon teeth and the bones of other prehistoric
animals.
Dr. Jones was not only an enlightened and accom-
plished physician, but practiced surgery with notable
success, many of his operations being of the most delicate
nature — on the eye, ear, and other sensitive organs,
which are now usually treated by specialists. He was
also the author of a medical work entitled A Treatise on
the Scarletina Anginosa, or what is Vulgarly Called the
Scarlet Fever, or Canker-Rash, Replete tvith everything
necessary to the Pathology and Practice, Deduced from
Actual Experience and Observation, by Calvin Jones,
Practitioner of Physic. This work was published at
Catskill, New York, by the editors of the Catskill
Packet, Mackay Croswell and Dr. Thomas O’Hara Cros-
well, in 1794.
Being a mutual friend of the parties concerned, Dr.
Jones deeply deplored the political quarrel between the
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Honorable John Stanly and Ex-Governor Richard Dobbs
Spaight at New Bern, in the early fall of 1802. Together
with other friends of those gentlemen, he earnestly
sought to arrange their differences on a basis honorable
to both. These commendable efforts were vain, however,
and, when the code duello was resorted to. thinking his
services as a surgeon might be of some avail, Dr. Jones
was one of the party (not inconsiderable in number)
which was on the ground when the hostile meeting took
place, on September 5th. After several shots were ex-
changed without effect, Stanly’s fire brought down his
antagonist, who was carried from the field in a dying
condition and expired shortly thereafter.
It was about 1803 that Dr. Jones left Smithfield and
took up his residence in Raleigh. A few years later he
was elected Mayor of the capital city — or “Intendent of
Police,” as the municipal chief magistrate was then
called. Honors, too, came to him from the county of
Wake, which he was elected to represent in the North
Carolina House of Commons in 1807. His seat in that
body was contested on the ground that (it was alleged)
he did not own a one hundred acre freehold, as was then
required of Commoners by the Constitution of the State ;
but the committee on privileges and elections, after hear-
ing both sides, decided unanimously that “the allegations
set forth in said petition are unfounded.” Dr. Jones con-
sequently kept his seat, and was a useful member of this
Legislature, serving as chairman of the committee to
preserve and perpetuate the paper currency of the State,
as chairman of the committee to investigate the laws re-
lative to slaves charged with capital offenses, and was a
member of the committee on militia. He may have been
a member of other committees in the same General As-
sembly. In connection with the contested election of Dr.
Jones, I may add that I do not know how much Wake
County land he owned in 1807, but the court house rec-
ords show that he acquired extensive tracts in this
county at a later date.
For a while Dr. Jones devoted some (though not all)
of his time to journalism. In the Fall of 1.808 he became
associated with Thomas Henderson, Jr., in publishing
and editing the Star, under the firm name Jones & Hen-
derson, and later Thomas Henderson & Company. The
files of the Star show the wide range of knowledge
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possessed by its editors in the various fields of science,
art, history, and belles lettres, as well as in events (politi-
cal and otherwise) then current. Henderson, like Dr.
Jones, became an officer of North Carolina militia in the
War of 1812-’15. On January 1, 1815, Dr. Jones dis-
posed of his interest in the Star to Colonel Henderson,
who thereupon conducted the business alone until Janu-
ary, 1822, when he sold his paper and printing outfit, and
went to Tennessee.
While Dr. Jones, otherwise known as General Jones,
and Colonel Henderson were associated in the ownership
and editorial management of the Star, the latter had a
narrow escape from death by drowning, being saved by
the heroism of Jacob Johnson, father of President An-
drew Johnson. Captain William Peace, of Raleigh, an
eye-witness of this occurrence, recounted it in writing
half a century later to Ex-Governor Swain, who repeats
it in an address on Jacob Johnson, delivered when a head-
stone was placed over his grave, June 4, 18G7. Captain
Peace said :
“At a large fishing party at Hunter’s Mill Pond on Walnut
Creek, near Raleigh, upwards of fifty years ago, the late Colonel
Henderson proposed for amusement a little skim in the canoe on
the pond. He, a young Scotch merchant named Callum, and my-
self, entered the canoe. Henderson was helmsman and knew that
neither Callum nor myself could swim, tie soon began to rock the
canoe, so as at times to dip water, and just above the pier-head of
the pond, bore so heavily on the end where he was sitting as to
tilt and turn it over, throwing all three into the pond. Callum
caught hold of me. I begged him to let go, as I could not swim.
He did so, and seized Henderson, and both sank to the bottom in
ten feet of water. I struggled and kept myself above water until
they came to my assistance from the shore and carried me out. A
cry was then made for Henderson and Callum. Jacob Johnson
was standing on the pier-head. Without a moment’s hesitation he
leaped into the pond, dived in the direction of where he saw them
sink, caught hold of Henderson and brought him up. In an in-
stant a dozen swimmers were in the water from the shore to as-
sist in bringing Henderson out, and Callum with him, who was
clinging to the skirt of Henderson’s coat underneath, and at the
moment invisible.”
Commenting upon the event just described in the ac-
count by Captain Peace, Governor Swain said :
“Foi’tunately for the sufferers, the late General Calvin Jones,
Henderson’s partner, was on shore. He was an eminent and able
physician and surgeon, and the most efficacious means for the re-
lief of the apparently drowned men were promptly applied. Hen-
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derson was soon able to speak, but life was, to ordinary observers,
extinct in Callum, who was longer under the water. After an
anxious interval of painful suspense, he exhibited signs of life,,
was restored, and lived to marry and rear a family. * * *
Henderson suffered from the effects of the adventure during more
than a year; and Johnson, though he survived for a longer period,
passed away eventually, a martyr to humanity.”
Like nearly all other editors of his day, Colonel Hen-
derson operated a book and stationary business in connec-
tion with his newspaper office, and Dr. Jones also owned
an interest in that establishment.
In the early part of the nineteenth century, the
American Colonization Society was organized by some of
the foremost men of the United States for the purpose of
thinning out the free negro population of the country by
deporting to Liberia such members of the race as were
willing to undertake the establishment of a republic of
their own. The gradual emancipation of the slaves was
also an event these gentlemen had in view. On June 12,
1819, the Reverend William Meade, of Virginia, later
Bishop, came to Raleigh and formed a local branch or-
ganization. General Jones was much interested in the
movement, and was elected a member of the Board of
Managers of the branch then formed. Among the offi-
cers were : President, Governor John Branch ; and vice
presidents, Colonel William Polk, Chief Justice John
Louis Taylor, Judge Leonard Henderson (later Chief
Justice), and Archibald Henderson. This movement, as
is well known, was eventually a failure, owing to the vio-
lent hostility it encountered from the more radical aboli-
tionists of the North.
After successfully devoting himself to the medical
profession for many years, and attaining a high reputa-
tion therein (as already shown), Dr. Jones finally aban-
doned active practice in order to devote himself to the
management of his agricultural interests.
MILITARY CAREER
Interest in military matters was a life-long character-
istic of Dr. Jones. Almost immediately after his arrival
in North Carolina, and before he removed to Raleigh, he
was an officer of a regiment in Johnston County. Among
the papers left by him is an autograph letter from Presi-
dent John Adams, dated Philadelphia, July 5, 1798, ad-
dressed to “The Officers of the Johnston Regiment of
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Militia in the State of North Carolina,” and thanking
them for their regiment’s patriotic tender of services in
the event of a war with France, then imminent, but
which was happily averted. In the course of this letter
the President bitterly declared : “Our commerce is plun-
dered, our citizens treated with the vilest indignities, our
Nation itself insulted in the persons of its ambassadors
and supreme magistrates, and all this because we are be-
lieved to be a divided people.”
In 1807 began the mutterings which a few years later
culminated in the second War with Great Britain. On
June 22d, the British man-of-war Leopard, in enforcing
the alleged right of search through American ships for
real or supposed deserters from the Royal Navy, met
with resistance from the American frigate Chesapeake,
which it attacked and captured, killing and wounding
many of the crew, at a time when the two countries were
supposed to be at peace. In consequence of this outrage,
all America was aflame, and mass meetings were held in
the more important North Carolina towns to protest
against this insult to the Nation. As early as 1806, Con-
gress had passed an act authorizing the President, in
cases of emergency, to call out the State militia to the
number of 100,000. Acting on this authority, President
Jefferson ordered the militia of all the States to “take
effectual measures to organize, arm, and equip, according
to law, and hold itself ready to march at a moment’s
warning.” The quota required of North Carolina was
7,003, including artillery, cavalry, and infantry. The
city of Raleigh and its vicinity were not backward at this
juncture. Among the volunteer companies which offered
their services was the Wake Troop of Cavalry, organized
and commanded by Captain Calvin Jones. It held a
meeting on July 4th and passed a patriotic and spirited
set of resolutions, saying in part : “The spirit of the pa-
triots who eternalized the day we are now assembled to
celebrate, our principals, our feelings, and the conviction
of duty, require that we offer to the President of the
United States our services to protect the rights and
avenge the wrongs of the Nation.” This day in 1807,
like all recurring anniversaries of American Indepen-
dence, was celebrated with great pomp and ceremony by
our ancestors assembled on the capitol grounds in
Raleigh, “Captain Jones’s Troop of Cavalry” and “Cap-
JONES HOUSE
:e forest, n. c.
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tain Peace’s Company of Infantry” constituting the mili-
tary feature. The Governor, State officers, the Judiciary,
members of the bar, and a large concourse of citizens in
general were in attendance. Among the toasts offered
were the following:
“The memory of Washington: may the services which he ren-
dered to his country be forever engraven on the hearts of Ameri-
cans.”
“The Government of the Union: may it always prove our
sheet-anchor against domestic treason and foreign aggression.”
“The State Governments: free, sovereign, and independent.”
“The memory of the Seamen who lately fell a sacrifice to
British outrage: may the atrocity of this act produce the adop-
tion of such measures as shall secure us from future violence, and
establish our maritime rights on a firm foundation.”
“Good Neighborhood: may no religious or political difference
of opinion interrupt the harmony of society; however men may
vary in sentiment, may they all agree to be kindly disposed to each
other as Brethren of the same great family.”
Artillery was not lacking on this occasion, and a
salute “in honor of the Union” — one round for each
State — was fired, after which the company “partook of a
plentiful and elegant dinner,” a part of this being the
above mentioned toasts. The old Raleigh Register,
which gives us an account of these ceremonies, concludes
the program by saying : “In the evening a ball was given
to the ladies, which was kept up with equal spirit and
decorum till near twelve, when Propriety, the best guar-
dian of public amusements, moved an adjournment, which
was immediately adopted.”
War with Great Britain being averted in 1807, the
services of the cavalry company commanded by Captain
Jones were not needed then, but he continued his labors
in training this troop and brought it up to so high a state
of discipline that his talents were recognized by his being
promoted to succeed Adjutant-General Edward Pasteur,
when that gentleman resigned on June 7, 1808. That his
capability was fully recognized is evidenced by the fact
that he was re-elected by succeeding General Assemblies
as long as he would hold the commission, serving under
Governors Benjamin Williams, David Stone, Benja-
min Smith, and William Hawkins. It was dur-
ing the administration of the last named that
that War of 1812-’15 came on. Soon after the begin-
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ning of that conflict, Adjutant-General Jones, seeking
more active service, sent in his resignation on January
23, 1813, and accepted a commission (dated December
14, 1812) as Major-General in command of the Seventh
North Carolina Division of Militia, his jurisdiction ex-
tending over the forces of eight counties. Under him
were Brigadier-General Jeremiah Slade, commanding
the Fifth Brigade, being the forces of Martin, Edge-
combe, Halifax, and Northampton counties; and Briga-
dier-General John H. Hawkins, commanding the Seven-
teenth Brigade, being the forces of Wake, Franklin, War-
ren, and Nash counties. In the Summer of 1813 the Brit-
ish forces made an extensive naval and military demon-
stration against the South Atlantic States, and it was
thought that Virginia would be the first place attacked.
Thereupon the Macedonian cry, Come over and help us,
was sounded across the border by the Richmond En-
quirer, which said : “If our brethren of North Carolina
be exempted by the nature of their coast from maritime
aggressions, will they not share with us the danger?”
General Jones was not slow to heed this call, -and began
raising a corps of mounted volunteers with which to
march to the assistance of our sister State. Announcing
this purpose, the Raleigh Register, of July 9th, said edi-
torially :
“We have pleasure in mentioning that General Calvin Jones,
of this city, is about to raise a Corps of Mounted Volunteers, in-
stantly to march to the assistance of the Virginians against the
attacks of the British. * * * The citizens of the several
counties are requested to meet at their Court Houses on Monday,
the 19th instant, and such as are disposed to join this Patriotic
Corps are to sign a writing to the effect. By the 25th it is ex-
pected the corps will be ready to march. The members are to
equip themselves. A part are to be armed with rifles — the rest
with muskets, the latter to be furnished by His Excellency the
Governor.”
In the Star, a Raleigh paper published on the same
date, appears a stirring and patriotic address issued
by General Jones, setting forth the details of his pro-
posed expedition. In part he said :
“I propose to raise a corps of Mounted Volunteers for a three
months’ service, to march immediately to the shores of the Chesa-
peake The design has the favor and approbation of the Com-
mander-in-Chief. All who burn with the ardor of patriotism, or
feel a passion for military fame, are now invited to rally around
the standard of their country. * * *
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“It is required that each volunteer be strong, healthy, and
capable of enduring fatigue; that he be respectable for his char-
acter and manners — one whose sense of honor and love of fame
will supply the absence or defect of rigid discipline; that he be
temperate in the use of strong liquors, and able to incur the ex-
penses of equipments, travelling and other contingencies. Each
must be well mounted on a strong, active horse, of about five feet
or upwards in height.
“The uniforms will be round jackets (double-breasted) and
pantaloons of cotton homespun, dark blue and white, mixed;
round black hats, with blue cockades; suwarrow boots* and spurs.
Each will be armed with a broad-sword or sabre, or, for want
thereof, a cut-and-thrust sword, slung over the shoulder by a white
belt three inches wide, and a pair of pistols. As many as have
rifles and are expert in their use, will be armed with them. The
others will be furnished with muskets by the public.
“Each volunteer will be provided with a valise, blanket, over-
coat or cloak, with such body garments to be worn under his uni-
form as he shall choose. Care will be taken that all the equip-
ments are in good condition. Where it is proposed to take ser-
vants, there will be such an arrangement made among the volun-
teers of each county so that the corps will be incumbered with as
few as possible.
“The officers will be selected by the Commander-in-Chief after
the corps shall have been mustered at its rendezvous. The com-
mandant will have the right of dismissing from the service any
man who shall drink intoxicating liquors to excess, or be guilty of
any other ungentlemanly conduct.
“North Carolinians! an appeal is now made to your patriotism,
your bravery, and your love of honorable fame. The character of
your State depends on the success of this appeal. Arise, gallant
spirits, and do justice to yourselves, and to the expectations of
your country.”
Editorially commenting upon this address by General
Jones, the Sta r said : “From the spirit manifested in
this place when the intention was first announced, we
feel confident that, with proper exertions, a corps may be
readily raised that will do credit to the State. Some of
our first characters have already offered themselves.”
Upon being advised by General Jones of the enterprise
he had in view, Governor Barbour, of Virginia, was not
slow in conveying the thanks of his State, and wrote
(July 5, 1813) saying:
“I should do great injustice to our feelings were I to withhold
an expression of our grateful acknowledgments of your affection-
ate and magnanimous conduct. Nor do the emotions it inspires
flow altogether from selfish considerations. We see, in the part
you are acting, that spirit which bound us together as a band of
*A military boot taking its name from Field Marshal Suwarrow, of Rus-
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brothers during the Revolution and carried us in triumph through
that glorious conflict, and which, can it be kept alive, will give,
under Providence, immortality to our confederated republic — the
last hope of man.”
Before General Jones could finish mustering in his
corps of volunteers to aid Virginia, there was need of his
services nearer home, for the enemy unexpectedly landed
on the coast of North Carolina at Ocracoke Inlet and the
small hamlet of Portsmouth, at the inlet’s mouth, also
threatening the more important towns of Beaufort and
New Bern. The Star, of Friday, July 23d, made an-
nouncement of this startling fact as follows :
“The news of the invasion reached this city on Saturday about
eleven o’clock. On Sunday, General Calvin Jones, with his aides-
de-camp, Junius Sneed and George Badger, and with Captain
Clark’s company of Raleigh Guards, consisting of fifty men, took
the road for Newbern. On Monday morning, His Excellency Gov-
ernor Hawkins, with Colonel Beverly Daniel, one of his aides,
General Robert Williams and Major Thomas Henderson, with
Captain Hunter’s troop of Cavalry, moved off towards the same
point. On Wednesday the requisition infantry from this county,
amounting to one hundred men, accompanied by Colonel A. Rogers
and Major Daniel L. Barringer, followed on. The Governor has
ordered the greater part of the detachment of militia to the sev-
eral sea-ports of this State; and, being almost destitute of muni-
tions of war of every kind, he has ordered some of the United
States arms now lying at Wilmington, to be sent to Newbern, and
has caused to be purchased and sent thither all the powder and
lead that could be procured in Raleigh, Fayetteville, Hillsborough
and other places. He has for the present given the command of
Newbern and on the sea-coast to Major-General Calvin Jones, but
intends to conduct the general operations of the forces of this
State in person, and to front the enemy in battle. We learn that
great activity prevails among the militia in the lower parts of the
State; they are flocking in from all quarters to the standard of
their beloved country.
“Upon this occasion the ladies of Raleigh distinguished them-
selves for that love of valor and zeal of patriotism which char-
acterizes their sex. They not only surrendered their husbands
and sons to the dubious fate of war and encouraged the glorious
enterprise by incentive persuasion, but were actively employed in
fitting their brethren for an hasty march. In a few hours they
made one hundred knapsacks.”
While the more active citizen soldiery were hurrying
to the sea-coast, a company of older men was organized
in Raleigh for home defense. Colonel William Polk, who
had valorously fought seven years for American inde-
pendence in the Revolution, and had declined a Brigadier
General’s commission tendered him by President Madison
on March 25, 1812, now took command of this “City
Corps” as Captain ; and three other leading citizens,
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Judge Henry Seawell, William Boylan, and William Peace
were Lieutenants.
General Jones arrived in New Bern on July 20th; and,
acting upon the authority conferred on him by Governor
Hawkins, assumed the command of all the State troops
mobilized in that vicinity. The Governor himself reached
New Bern the next day. Fears being felt for the safety
of Beaufort, a large detachment was ordered to that town
to garrison its fortifications, consisting of Fort Hamp-
ton, Fort Lawrence, Fort Gaston, and Fort Pigott.
The British force landed at Ocracoke and Portsmouth
on July 11th. It was a most formidable one, and was
commanded by no less a personage than Admiral Cock-
burn, who a year later was to play so conspicuous a part
in the capture and destruction of our national capital.
The fleet consisted of a seventy-four gun man-of-war, six
frigates, two privateers, two schooners, and a consider-
able number of smaller vessels, including sixty or seventy
barges and tenders. The entire force was estimated to
be from one to three thousand seamen, marines, and in-
fantry. This force captured the American barge Ana-
conda, of New York, the letter-of-marque schooner Atlas,
of Philadelphia, and some smaller craft at Ocracoke, and
pitched their tents on the beach. As soon as the fleet had
been sighted, the collector of customs at Portsmouth,
Thomas S. Singleton, packed his more important official
records on board the revenue cutter Mercury, commanded
by Captain David Wallace, and sent that vessel to give
the alarm in New Bern, which (as was later learned) the
British had intended to surprise and capture. Despite
the superiority of their numbers, the enemy did not gain
possession of Ocracoke and Portsmouth without resist-
ance. Writing of the affair to Governor Hawkins in a
letter dated July 24th, Collector Singleton said :
“The Anaconda and Atlas commenced firing very spiritedly,
though it was of short duration, for the former had hut fifteen
men on board and the latter but thirty. They were therefore com-
pelled to submit to overwhelming numbers, as there could not have
been less than three thousand men at that time inside the bar and
crossing it together. The men abandoned the brig [the Anaconda. ]
and schooner [the Atlas ] and betook themselves to their boats,
most of whom escaped. The Captain of the Atlas remained in her
and continued to fire at the enemy after all his men had forsaken
him. Several of the barges proceeded in pursuit of the cutter
[the Mercury ,] thinking (as they afterwards said) if they could
have taken the cutter, they would have precluded the possibility
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of information reaching Newbern until they arrived there them-
selves. The cutter very narrowly escaped by crowding upon her
every inch of canvas she had, and by cutting away her long boat.
The Admiral did not hesitate to declare that it was his intention
to have reached that place [New Bern] previous to the receiving
any intelligence of his approach. After pursuing the cutter eight
or ten miles through the sound, they gave out the chase and re-
turned. Several hundred men were landed at Portsmouth and I
presume as many on Ocracoke. Among those landed at Ports-
mouth there were about three hundred regulars of the 102d regi-
ment under the command of Colonel Napier, and about four hun-
dred marines and sailors. They had sever'al small field pieces in
their launches, but did not land them, finding no necessity for
them.”
Later on in the letter, just quoted, Mr. Singleton
gives an account of numerous depredations and robberies
committed by the invaders while on the North Carolina
coast. They remained five days, and set sail on July 16th,
without attempting to penetrate inland. Whether their
departure was due to fear of the devious channels, which
were so difficult to navigate, or whether they learned from
the current North Carolina newspapers — of which they
are known to have obtained a supply — what formidable
measures were in preparation for their reception, will
probably never be known. The fleet sailed southward,
and it was consequently surmised that the Cape Fear
section might be the next point of attack. Large num-
bers of troops were therefore hurried to that locality, but
the British never landed again in North Carolina at that
time. They did, however, send a flag of truce back to
Ocracoke, announcing that they had formally proclaimed
a blockade of the coast of the State.
Though not destined to have the opportunity of dis-
playing their prowess in battle, no country ever had a
more ready, vigilant and courageous class of citizen sol-
diery than those who hurried to the defense of North
Carolina during the Summer of 1813. Many county de-
tachments, more than a hundred miles from the pros-
pective seat of war, marched down to the coast as soon
as they could be gotten under arms, while the county
seats and “muster-grounds” of more westerly sections of
the State were soon teeming with patriotic volunteers,
ready and eager to aid in repelling the invaders of their
country.
In this campaign of 1813, Governor Hawkins re-
mained on the sea-coast about a month, making personal
inspection of the defenses from Ocracoke Inlet to New
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Inlet, and returned to Raleigh on the 16th of August.
General Jones also returned when it appeared that
there was no immediate likelihood of further trouble
with the British in North Carolina. The Raleigh Regis-
ter, of September 3d, said that a rumor had gained cur-
rency to the effect that a dispute had taken place between
the Governor and General Jones, but the editor says:
“We are authorized to state that the report is utterly des-
titute of any foundation in truth.” That no coolness ex-
isted between these gentlemen is evidenced by the fact
that, a few months later, when the General Assembly of
North Carolina sent a complaint to the National Govern-
ment of the neglect of the coast defenses of the State,
Governor Hawkins designated General Jones for the duty
of calling in person on President Madison and bringing
this matter to his attention. The following item on that
subject is from the Raleigh Register of December 3,
1813:
“General Calvin Jones has been appointed by His Excellency
the Governor to present the Address of the General Assembly,
lately agreed to, to the President of the United States, and yes-
terday set out on his journey.”
So far as I am able to learn the British never sent a
formidable force against North Carolina after the year
1813, though small marauding parties came by sea on
more than one occasion. So free, indeed, was the State
from local dangers that large numbers of her troops
could be spared for service further northward, on the
Canadian frontier; also nearer home, in Virginia, and
against the hostile Creek Indians.
Norfolk and its vicinity, in Virginia, being again
threatened by the British, President Madison, on Sep-
tember 6, 1814, made a requisition on Governor Hawkins
for a large force to be detached from the militia of North
Carolina and temporarily mustered into the service of
the General Government. When it became known that
this action would be taken, General Jones wrote the Gov-
ernor, on July 31, 1814, asking for the command of that
part of the militia which should be ordered to active ser-
vice. This tender was not accepted. A little later, how-
ever, on September 26, 1814, the Governor commissioned
him Quartermaster General of the Detached Militia of
North Carolina. In the letter accompanying this com-
mission, General Jones was informed that fifteen com-
panies (containing in the aggregate fifteen hundred
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men) had been ordered to rendezvous at Gates Court
House, under the command of Brigadier-General Jere-
miah Slade, and to march thence to Norfolk. This com-
mission was accepted by General Jones, who at once re-
paired to the encampment at Gates Court blouse, arriv-
ing there on the 30th of September. On October 1st, he
wrote from the camp to Governor Hawkins, saying:
“About one-third of the troops are under the shelter of
houses, piazzas, &c., in the village, the remainder being
encamped in the woods and fields adjacent. Today a
regular camp will be marked out, and brush defences
against dews and slight rains will be raised.” Later on
he says, in the same letter: “Though the privations and
exposures of the men, suddenly translated from ease and
plenty to the face of a hastily formed camp, are consid-
erable and must be felt, yet they have assumed so much
of the soldier as to scorn complaint. The men are cheer-
ful and generally healthy.” He also said the troops would
be marched in small detachments and by different routes,
on account of the scarcity of water, and to ensure the ac-
commodation of barracks.
These troops were not armed until their arrival in
Norfolk, where they were mustered into the service of
the General Government. Writing from that city to
Governor Hawkins, on October 8th, General Jones said :
“I have the honor to inform you that four companies of our
Detached Militia arrived yesterday and encamped at Mooring’s
Rope Walk, the best encampment for health and convenience, I
think, about Norfolk. A bridge, which had been broken down, is
rebuilding and unites the peninsular, on which the Rope Walk
is, immediately with the town. * * *
“The appearance of our Militia, on their entrance into Nor-
folk, was such as I think did them considerable credit. It was
generally commended by the citizens and military here. My grati-
fication would have been heightened could they have presented
themselves armed.
“I accompanied Generals Porter and Taylor today to Forts
Norfolk and Nelson, and to Craney Island, and rode round the
lines of defense on the land side. The strength of this place is
very formidable, and is daily increasing.
“I am at the point of setting out on my return home, and ex-
pect to arrive at Gates Court House tomorrow.”
The early return of General Jones was due to the fact
that his services as Quartermaster General were not
needed after the North Carolina troops were mustered
into the service of the General Government.
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The North Carolina troops remained in and around
Norfolk for many weeks, and were not entirely disbanded
until after the return of peace. The treaty of peace was
signed at Ghent on Christmas Eve, 1814, but news of
that event did not reach Raleigh until February 18, 1815.
It caused great rejoicing and was celebrated by religious
services as well as public demonstrations. As is well
known, the bloody battle of New Orleans was fought
more than a fortnight after the treaty of peace was
signed at Ghent, but long before news of it was received.
The day on which the news of victory at New Orleans
reached Raleigh was February 12, 1815.
So efficient had been the efforts of General Jones at
the time of the British invasion of North Carolina in
1813, that a strong effort was made by his friends to se-
cure for him a commission as Colonel in the regular
army. Senator Stone claimed that he had received a
promise of it from the Secretary of War ; and, in a letter
to Jones, complained bitterly of the Secretary’s failure to
keep his word.
His service with the North Carolina troops at Norfolk
in the Fall of 1814 was the last active participation by
General Jones in military affairs. Peace coming soon
thereafter, he could now devote his talents to the more
pleasing pursuits of a tranquil life.
services to masonry
Possessed, as he was, of high educational attainments
and fine sensibilities, Calvin Jones was not slow to ap-
preciate the beautiful symbolical teachings of morality
and charity embodied in the principles of Freemasonry,
and he became an ardent devotee of that ancient frater-
nity.
The first Masonic organization which existed in
Raleigh was Democratic Lodge, No. 21. A large portion
of the membership of that Lodge having imbibed some of
the evil principles of the French Revolution, then in prog-
ress, it gradually fell into disfavor and finally passed out
of existence. The city of Raleigh, however, did not long
remain without a Lodge. On December 15, 1800, Grand
Master William Polk issued a charter to Hiram Lodge,
No. 40, theretofore operating under a dispensation from
Grand Master William R. Davie. Calvin Jones be-
came a member of Hiram Lodge shortly after its estab-
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lishment, and was elected Worshipful Master on the
Feast of St. John the Evangelist, December 27, 1805. He
served in that capacity for one year. On December 11,
1809, he was elected Junior Grand Warden of The Grand
Lodge of North Carolina — or “The Grand Lodge of
North Carolina and Tennessee,” as it was called until
1813, when Tennessee became a separate Grand Lodge.
General Jones had served as Junior Grand Warden only
one year, when he was advanced to the station of Senior
Grand Warden, holding the latter position from Decem-
ber 1, 1810, until December 8, 1817. On the latter date
he became Grand Master of The Grand Lodge of North
Carolina, succeeding the Honorable John Louis Taylor,
who soon thereafter was to become first Chief Justice of
the newly created Supreme Court. General Jones was
three times elected Grand Master, his services as such
ending on December 16, 1820. Few finer tributes to Ma-
sonry can be found than the one contained in the official
address of Grand Master Jones to the Grand Lodge in
1819. In part he said :
“The human family have enjoyed partial relief from the
benign influence of our principles, without knowing the source of
their blessings. The torch of science dissipates the darkness of
one portion of the globe; in another, the fetters of slavery are
broken; in one place, the infidel is converted; in another, the
Christian is taught to feel the spirit of his religion; everywhere
men begin to regard each other as members of the same family,
and to place in the rank of duties the virtues of universal benevo-
lence. Be it so. Under whatever denomination these happy ef-
fects are produced, it is our duty to rejoice that some seeds, scat-
tered by our Order, have fallen on good ground. Were the prin-
ciples of Masonry unveiled to those worthy men who direct their
efforts to a single object, which they pursue with inadequate
means, they would find how comprehensively beneficent are the
principles of the Craft. To point out to man the duty of loving
his brother, of assisting him in difficulty, of comforting him in
afflictions, and to do all that these duties enjoin without regard
to difference of nation, religion or politics; and further, to con-
centrate, the lessons of experience as to the most effectual mode of
performing these duties, and by the aid of an universal language
to. make our designs equally intelligible to the inhabitants of every
clime — to do these things is to go beyond the powers of any so-
ciety, however intelligent and estimable, whether Peace, Anti-
privateering, or Colonization.
“Let us then, Brethren, pursue the noiseless tenor of our way,
assisting every one . engaged in the same cause, under whatever
name or denomination known, according to the measure of his
wants and our own ability, and be like the gentle but constant
stream whose waters are concealed from the eye by the luxuriant
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plants upon its margin but whose effects are visible in the fer-
tility it imparts to the various soils through which it meanders.
“Let us improve in our minds a lively impression of the true
principles of our association, remembering that religion and poli-
tics are never to be subjects of discussion; that the religion of a
Mason is love, veneration, and gratitude to the Supreme Architect
of the Universe; that the doing good to all His creatures, espe-
cially to those of the ‘household of faith,’ is the most acceptable
service and the first of duties; that the rights of conscience are
inviolable, and that the Mussulman and the Christian, who love
their brother and practice charity, are alike the friends of Ma-
sonry and of man.”
In addition to the Masonic services in the official
capacities heretofore enumerated. General Jones was a
useful committee worker in the sessions of the Grand
Lodge. Together with John A. Cameron, Moses Morde-
cai, William Boylan, and Alexander Lucas, he was ap-
pointed on a Grand Lodge committee which was author-
ized to co-operate with a similar committee from Hiram
Lodge, No. 40, in erecting a Masonic Hall for the joint
use of the two bodies on a lot which had been presented
by a member of Hiram Lodge, Theophilus Hunter, the
younger, and which lot stood on the northeast corner of
Morgan and Dawson Streets. Half of the cost of build-
ing was paid by the Grand Lodge and half by Hiram
Lodge. The corner stone wTas laid by Grand Master
Robert Williams on the Feast of St. John the Baptist,
June 24, 1813. This building served its purpose until
some years after the War Between the States, and vener-
able Masons are still living in Raleigh who received their
degrees within its walls. The corner stone itself was ex-
humed by order of Hiram Lodge in March, 1880, and is
now preserved in the ante-room of the Grand Lodge Hall
in the Masonic Temple at Raleigh. Unfortunately it is a
solid block, having had no compartment for the records
which are usually contained in a corner stone. The old
inscription on it reads :
The Grand Lodge of No. Carolina and
Tennessee
Hiram Lodge, No. 40, City of Raleigh
June 24, A. L. 5813, A. D. 1813. R. Williams, G. M.
Grand Master Williams, who laid this corner stone,
was at that time Adjutant-General of North Carolina,
succeeding General Jones, as already mentioned. He
came to Raleigh from Surry County, and should not be
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confused with Dr. Robert Williams, of Pitt County, also
a zealous Mason, who had formerly been a Surgeon in the
Army of the Revolution.
HOME AT WAKE FOREST AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Owning a large number of slaves who could not be
profitably employed within the limits of a town. General
Jones determined to remove from Raleign and take up
his abode in a rural neighborhood. North northwest of
Raleigh, about sixteen miles, on the old stage road and
mail route running northward via Oxford and Warren-
ton, North Carolina, and Petersburg, Virginia, was a
country neighborhood, of healthy altitude and fertile soil,
known as the Wake Forest section. In that pleasant lo-
cality, about the year 1820, General Jones took up his
abode on a plantation of 615 acres, which he had pur-
chased from David Battle. There, for about a decade, he
kept open house to friends from far and near, in his “hos-
pitable mansion,” as Governor Swain describes it in his
Tucker Hall address, referring to an occasion during his
young manhood, in 1822, when he was nursed back to
health within its walls, after a long and almost fatal at-
tack of illness. Though not occupying its former loca-
tion on the campus, the old home of General Jones is still
standing and in a good state of preservation, being a sub-
stantial structure built at a time when massive timbers,
well seasoned, were in use. After having served as a
residence for several members of the faculty in bygone
years, it is now the home of a club of students.
In the cause of public education, few more indefati-
gable workers than General Jones could be found in
North Carolina. For thirty years, from 1802 until his
removal to Tennessee in 1832, he was a member of the
Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina.
That he was no figure-head the old records of that insti-
tution fully attest. In the Raleigh Academy he also took
a deep interest, and was a trustee of that school for some
years. Dr. Battle, in his History of the University of
North Carolina, gives an amusing extract from a letter
written by General Jones in 1811, expressing great dis-
satisfaction at an effort then being made to have some
students, who had been expelled from the University, ad-
mitted into the Raleigh Academy. General Jones said
he was greatly astonished that Governor Stone, one of
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the trustees of the academy, should wish them admitted,
but he was not at all surprised that the Governor should
have been seconded in his efforts by another trustee, Mr.
Sherwood Haywood, a “good, polite, clever, worthy man,
who never contradicted anyone in his life.” As Mr. Hay-
wood was my grandfather, and as “to err is human,” I
am glad to know that the substance of his sinning was
the fault ascribed to Sir Lucius O’Trigger — “too civil, by
half.”
For some years before Wake Forest College (first
called Wake Forest Academy and later Wake Forest In-
stitute) was established, there were several useful
schools in the section of Wake County where the college
now stands. One of these was Forest Hill Academy, in-
corporated by Chapter 107 of the Laws of 1818; but, so
far as we know, General Jones did not become connected
with the governing body of that institution after his re-
moval to the neighborhood where it was located. In Jan-
uary, 1823, Samuel Alston and Calvin Jones, members
of the Board of Trustees, signed the announcement of
the beginning of a session, on February 1st, of Wake
Forest Academy, situated “fifteen miles north of
Raleigh and within two miles of the Wake For-
est Post Office, in one of the most pleasant, healthy,
and reputable “districts of our country.” The
teacher in charge of this school was James Pheelan.
When General Jones first advertised his Wake Forest
plantation for sale in 1827, he incidentally mentioned
that there were three excellent schools (one classical) in
the neighborhood. In the year following he gave notice
of the opening of Wake Forest School, for both sexes,
near his own residence. On June 26, 1831, he also an-
nounced through the papers that the Wake Forest Female
School would be opened on the third Monday of the en-
suing month of July, with Mrs. Phillips as principal and
two “competent young ladies” as assistants. Mrs. Phil-
lips was a Northern lady, strongly recommended by
Bishop Griswold, of Connecticut, and other well-known
men. This academy for girls was operated in General
Jones’s residence, where both teachers and pupils were
housed. In concluding the last mentioned announce-
ment, General Jones said : “The pure air and water,
healthfulness, and good society of this place are too well
known to require mention. That the location of this
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Seminary is in every respect proper may be inferred
from the fact that Wake Forest has, for a number of
years past, supported excellent and prosperous schools.”
In a sketch of General Jones in the “Benefactor’s Num-
ber” of the Wake Forest Student, January, 1911 (this be-
ing a re-print of an earlier sketch), the late President
Charles E. Taylor, of Wake Forest College, referring to
this school for young ladies, says that an aged lady, who
had been educated there, had stated to him that it was the
custom of the Bishop of the Episcopal Church to make
annual visitations there for the purpose of confirmation.
Several years before and for some time after Gen-
eral Jones sold his plantation at Wake Forest and re-
moved therefrom, there was also located in that vicinity
a school known as the Wake Forest Pleasant Grove
Academy. Whether he ever had any connection with
that institution does not appear.
Having made large investments in lands on the vast
domain in West Tennessee which the Government had
acquired from its Indian owners, and which was known
as the “Chickasaw Purchase,” General Jones decided to
remove with his wife and family to that locality in order
to protect his interests there. As he had no intention
of returning to North Carolina, he decided to dispose of
his Wake Forest plantation. As money in that day had
a larger purchasing power than now, and land was not
costly, the price for which he held the plantation — with
its great house, cabins, and other out-houses — was only
$2,500. About this time the North Carolina Baptist
State Convention instructed a committee of its members
to purchase a site for an institution of learning which
that denomination had determined to build, and this com-
mittee opened up negotiations with General Jones with a
view to acquiring his plantation and equipment. De-
scribing the transaction which followed, in an address
at the semi-centennial of Wake Forest College, February
4, 1884, the Reverend James S. Purefoy said :
“Elder John Purefoy was one of the above committee, and a
near neighbor of Dr. Calvin Jones, who owned the farm where the
college now stands. Dr. Jones held his farm of 615 acres at $2,-
500; but, for the cause of education, he proposed to Elder Purefoy
to give the Convention (through the committee) $500, and sell the
farm for $2,000. Elder Purefoy recommended the farm to the
committee, and it was purchased by the Convention for $2,000.”
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The committee which received the deed of transfer,
August 28, 1832, from General Jones, for the use of the
Baptist State Convention, consisted of John Purefoy (or
Purify, as it was then written), William R. Hinton, Si-
mon G. Jeffreys, Jr., and James J. Hall.
General Jones always showed a kindly interest in the
welfare, both moral and physical, of his slaves. They
were comfortably clad, well fed, and housed in such good
quarters that their cabins were used as temporary dormi-
tories for the students when Wake Forest Institute, the
fore-runner of Wake Forest College, began operations.
The first principal of Wake Forest Institute — also first
president of Wake Forest College — was the Reverend
Samuel Wait, who wrote the following interesting ac-
count of the early days spent on the plantation which had
been purchased from General Jones:
“The former owner of the premises we now occupied had en-
countered much expense to provide for the comfort of his ser-
vants. I found seven good, substantial log cabins, made mostly
of white oak, with hewn logs; good doors, floors, roofs, and, with
one exception, windows. These were washed out cleanly and
white-washed. Good, new furniture wras provided for each house.
And, although it was known that the cabins were built originally
for servants, and occupied at first by them, I never heard of the
least objection to them from any student. * * *
“The only place I could convene the students for morning and
evening prayers, or lectures, was the building erected by Dr\
Jones for a carriage house, 16 feet by 24 feet.”
From this small beginning of Wake Forest Institute
(at first a manual training as well as classical school)
has grown Wake Forest College, with its modern equip-
ment, scholarly faculty, and fine student body — one of
the most notable educational achievements of the Baptist
Church in America.
LIFE IN TENNESSEE, DOMESTIC AND RELIGIOUS RELATIONS,.
AND CONCLUSION
It was about the year 1832 that General Jones re-
moved with his family to Tennessee, though he had paid
visits to that locality before. He owned about 30,000
acres of land in that State. His home plantation in
Hardeman County, near the town of Bolivar, contained
2,500 acres. On the northern part of this tract he built
a house, of moderate dimensions. To this he gave the
name of "Wake Park, in memory of the happy years he
had spent in Wake County, North Carolina. A little
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later, wishing to have more commodious quarters for his
household, he removed two miles further south, on the
same estate, to a point where he had erected a spacious
mansion, which he called Pontine, this name probably be-
ing derived from the Pontine Marshes, adjacent to the
city of Rome. At Pontine the closing years of his life
were spent, “retired from public employment, and enjoy-
ing, with ample wealth around him, the otium cum dig-
nitate of the typical Southern planter,” to quote the lan-
guage of his ardent admirer Judge Sneed. The site of
Pontine is now owned by the State of Tennessee, being
occupied by the Western Hospital of the Insane. It was
purchased by the State from Colonel Paul Tudor Jones,
younger son of the General. It is a remarkable circum-
stance, commented upon by President Taylor, of Wake
Forest, in the sketch already quoted, that each of the two
country estates occupied by General Jones in North Car-
olina and Tennessee is now occupied by a great institu-
tion— one for the education of youth at Wake Forest;
and the other, near Bolivar, as a home and hospital for
the mentally afflicted.
While a practicing physician in Raleigh, Dr. Jones
had become engaged to be married to Ruina J. Williams,
a young woman of rare loveliness, who was the daughter
of Major William Williams, of “The Forks,” in Franklin
County, not far from the county of Warren. Before the
union could be consummated, however, she fell a victim
to consumption, passing away on the 20th of September,
1809, in the twenty-first year of her age. The beautiful
faith and fortitude displayed in her last illness formed
the subject of a small brochure entitled The Power and
Excellence of Religion, written by the Reverend Joel
Rivers, and published by the Tract Society of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. Nearly ten years later, on April
15, 1819, when forty-four years of age, Dr. Jones mar-
ried the widowed sister of Miss Williams. This was Mrs.
Temperance Boddie Jones, nee Williams, widow of Dr.
Thomas C. Jones, of Warrenton. This lady, by her first
marriage, was the mother of Thomas C. Jones, who was
born in 1811 and died in Corinth, Mississippi, in 1893.
The children of her marriage to General Calvin Jones
were (in addition to several who died young) three in
number, as follows:
I. Montezuma Jones, born in 1822, at Wake Forest,
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who married Elizabeth Wood, and died near Bolivar in
1914, leaving issue.
II. Octavia Rowena Jones, born in 1826, at Wake For-
est, who married Edwin Polk, of Bolivar, and died in
1917, leaving issue.
III. Paul Tudor Jones, born in 1828, at Wake Forest,
who married (first) Jane M. Wood, and (second) Mary
Kirkman ; and died in Corinth, Mississippi, in 1904, leav-
ing issue by both marriages.
General Calvin Jones had a younger brother, Atlas
Jones, who was a graduate of the University of North
Carolina in the class of 1804, was afterwards tutor of
Ancient Languages at the same institution, and a Trustee
from 1809 until 1825. He became a lawyer and prac-
ticed at Carthage, in Moore County, North Carolina,
where he married Rebecca Street. He also lived for a
while in Raleigh. He removed to Tennessee about the
year 1825, and settled at Jackson, in that State. After
his will was recorded in Tennessee, it was sent to Raleigh
and again recorded, as he owned real estate in the latter
city. In this will, his brother, Calvin Jones, and nephew,
Montezuma Jones, are named as executors. In his excel-
lent History of the University of North Carolina, Dr.
Battle is in error when he states that Atlas Jones was a
son of Edmund Jones, one of the early benefactors of the
University. General Calvin Jones also had a sister, Mrs.
Higbee, who lived in Raleigh for a while, and kept house
for him there before his marriage.
One distinguished Tennessean, Judge Calvin Jones,
of Somerville (a graduate of the University of North
Carolina in the class of 1832), though he bore the same
name as General Calvin Jones, was not related to him.
Fie was, however, his namesake — both families remov-
ing to Tennessee from North Carolina, where they had
been friends.
Though never an office-seeker, either in North Caro-
lina or Tennessee, General Jones took a commendable in-
terest in politics. In his younger days he was a Federal-
ist. After that party passed out of existence, and the
Whigs and Democrats became contestants for the mas-
tery of the Government, he alligned himself with the
Whigs. He was one of the vice-presidents of the Na-
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tional Whig Convention at Baltimore in 1844, which
nominated Henry Clay for President.
After the adjournment of the convention last men-
tioned, General Jones made an extensive tour of Europe,
being accompanied by his daughter. At that time he was
nearing his three score years and ten, but still active and
in good health.
In the final degree of Ancient Craft Masonry, the
newly made Brother is exhorted so to live that in old age
he “may enjoy the happy reflections consequent on a well-
spent life, and die in the hope of a glorious immortality.”
The life of Past Grand Master Jones was a triumphant
fulfilment of this precept. With the serene faith and
humble hope of a Christian, amid the beautiful surround-
ings of his estate at Pontine, near Bolivar, he peacefully
came to the end of his earthly pilgrimage on the 20th day
of September, 1846. A notice of him, published in the
Somerville Herald, and later copied in the Raleigh Regis-
ter, of October 16th, was as follows :
“Died. — At his residence near Bolivar, in Hardeman County,
on the 20th instant, General Calvin Jones, in the 73rd year of his
age. General Jones was a native of Connecticut, where he was.
educated. He removed in early life to Raleigh, North Carolina,
where he established a high reputation for honor and probity, and
was successful in winning the approbation of his fellow men in
the pursuits of life. He emigrated to Hardeman County fourteen
years since. In the region of the country in which he spent his
I'ipe old age, he was regarded by all as a pious Christian, a gen-
tleman in his deportment, full of the ‘milk of human kindness’ and
a most valuable citizen. He sustained all the relations of life in
the most unexceptionable manner; and, though he had reached to
that period of life of man when its end must hourly be anticipated,
such were the consecrated ties of friendship and love which bound
him to the hearts of his family and the circle of his acquaintances,
that none were prepared to surrender so rich a gem to the remorse-
less grave — they mourn for him as for the loss of their hearts’
chief jewel; and in their sorrow the whole community sympathize.”
Though General Jones may have been educated in
Connecticut, as stated in the notice just quoted, he was
not a native of that State. As heretofore noted, he was
born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. His birthplace,
however, is not many miles from the Connecticut boun-
dary.
Many years after the death of General Jones, the
State of Tennessee (as already mentioned) acquired
by purchase his former plantation near Bolivar, and
erected thereon the Western Hospital for the Insane.
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This institution was formally opened in July, 1890, when
several addresses were delivered — one by the Honorable
John Louis Taylor Sneed, formerly a Judge of the Ten-
nessee Supreme Court.* Judge Sneed was a native
North Carolinian, born in Raleigh. He was a son of
Major Junius Sneed, who (as we have already seen) was
one of the aides-de-camp of General Jones when the Brit-
ish landed in North Carolina in 1813. Judge Sneed was
also maternally a grandson, as well as a namesake, of
Chief Justice John Louis Taylor, of the North Carolina
Supreme Court, who was the immediate predecessor of
General Jones as Grand Master of the Masonic Grand
Lodge of North Carolina. In the course of his remarks,
Judge Sneed said:
“In conclusion, fellow-citizens of Hardeman, allow me to in-
dulge in a reminiscence of the long ago, which you, at least, will
appreciate. * * * Yonder stood a cottage which was the
abiding place of hospitality, charity, and all the golden virtues
which decorate the higher Christian life. It was the home of filial
affection and parental tenderness, the common resort of the most
elegant and cultured society, a place from which no poor man was
ever turned comfortless away — the happy homestead of a happy
household. The grand old master of that household has long since
passed over the river, and his gentle and loving wife now sleeps
by his side. In life both were loved and honored for all the graces
that adorn human character and win human respect and admira-
tion. In death, both are remembered by the rich and poor as ex-
amples of all that was noble, philosophic, gentle, and humane.
* * *
“I was for a long period of my student life an inmate of that
cottage and treated as one of the children of the family. A thou-
sand years of life’s changes and revolutions could never efface the
impressions I then received of the moral and intellectual character
of the grand old man. He had been a deep student of science, his-
tory and philosophy. His mind was a treasure house of knowledge,
gathered from books, front foreign travel, and from his close fel-
lowship with the great men and statesmen of the country. And
yet, with a splendid capacity for the higher achievements of state-
craft, he cared nothing for the tinsel of rank or the prestige of
office, but preferred in his late years to tarry beneath his own
happy roof-tree and to watch the development of his children; to
educate them in virtuous principles ; to do his duty well as a neigh-
bor, a friend, a philanthropist, and to enjoy through the lengthen-
ing shadows of a useful life the sweet companionship of his loving
wife. * * *
“He was my Gamaliel, my oracle, from whom any docile youth
could learn ‘the wisdom of the wise, the strength that nerves the
strong, and the grace that gathers around the noble.’ In broad
*For sketch and portrait of Judge Sneed, see Green Bag magazine (Bos-
ton) May, 1893, page 233.
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philanthropy and charity, in learning and culture, I thought him
the greatest man I ever saw; and, in Roman virtue, severity of
morals, and dignity of character, the most august and admirable.
“I particularly remember his tender sympathies for that un-
fortunate class whose reasons were overthrown, and his theories
upon the treatment of mental diseases. And now, as I look upon
the splendid pile which has taken the place of that happy home-
stead and reflect upon the noble and Christly purposes to which it
is today dedicated, I can but think if that grand old man, with all
his tender solicitude for a better and holier treatment of the mind
diseased, could revisit the ground on which his happy homestead
stood and see the changes for himself, he would rejoice that things
are just as they are. All honor to the memory of General Calvin
Jones!”
The beautiful address by Judge Sneed, just quoted,
first appeared in the Evening Democrat, of Memphis.
For a copy I am indebted to the sketch in the Wake For-
est Student, by President Taylor, to which allusion has
already been made.
General Jones was a deeply religious man and a com-
municant in the Episcopal Church. During the time he
resided in Raleigh, there was no house of worship owned
by his Church, the parish of Christ Church not being or-
ganized until August 21, 1821. He was similarly sit-
uated at Wake Forest. On April 17, 1834, not long after
his arrival in Tennessee, he was one of the founders of
the parish of St. James, in Bolivar, an organization hav-
ing for its first rector the Reverend Daniel Stephens, and
formed during the Episcopate of Bishop Otey, a disciple
of the great Bishop Ravenscroft, of North Carolina. Two
of the clerical friends of General Jones, Bishops Otey
and Green (the latter elevated to the Episcopate after
the General’s death), had both been students and later
tutors at the University of North Carolina when Jones
was a trustee. General Jones enjoyed the companionship
of thoughtful clergymen of all creeds. In addition to as-
sociation with such leaders of his own Church as Bishops
Ravenscroft, Otey, Polk, and Green, he had been one of
the many Episcopalians, in the early days of Raleigh,
forming a part of the congregation of the scholarly “pas-
tor of the city,” the Reverend William McPheeters, of the
Presbyterian Church. A strong friendship also sprang
up between himself and Elder John Purify, a forceful
leader of the Baptists of North Carolina. As heretofore
mentioned, General Jones and Elder Purify were resi-
dents of the same country neighborhood in the north-
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
213
eastern section of Wake County, where Wake Forest Col-
lege was later established.
General Jones was a man of striking appearance. He
was 5 feet 10 *4 inches in height, deep-chested, and
weighed about 240 pounds. His eyes bore a kindly ex-
pression and were hazel in color, his hair was brown, his
forehead high, his nose slightly Grecian, and his mouth
clearly portrayed the firmness and decision which
marked his character through life. Viewed from any
standpoint, he was a strong man — strong morally, men-
tally, and physically. Three portraits of him are now
in Wake County : one in the Grand Lodge Hall, and one
in the office of the Adjutant General, at Raleigh; and
one at Wake Forest — the last mentioned having been
presented to the college by Wake Forest Lodge, now No.
282 but originally No. 97.
I have now told what I have been able to learn of the
upright life and honorable career of Calvin Jones. His
memory, it is true, does not stand broadly emblazoned on
history’s page as :
“One of the few, the immortal names,
That were not born to die” —
but we do no violence to truth in portraying him as a con-
sistent Christian, a vigilant patriot, an accomplished
physician, a versatile scholar, a loyal Mason, and a hos-
pitable gentleman, well worthy to be classed “among
those choicest spirits who, holding their consciences un-
mixed with blame, have been in all conjunctures true to
themselves, their country, and their God.”
I?arrrii tn tlir fHemorg of
the fHaatrr UJaaona
of Utta dJurtairirtion
uiho Itanr paaarin atuau autrr
our laal Annual
(Cnmmnniratxon
“Fading away like the stars of the morn-
ing,
Losing their light in the glorious sun;
So let me steal away, gently and lovingly,
Only remembered by what I have done.
“So in the harvest, if others may gather
Sheaves from the fields that in spring I
have sown,
Who plowed or sowed matters not to the
reaper,
I’m only remembered by what I have
done.”
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James F. Post, St. John’s, No. 1 Jan. 5, 1918
J. N. Jacobi, St. John’s, No. 1 Feb. 1, 1918
Jacob Weil, St. John’s, No. 1 July 9, 1918
D. W. Loring, St. John’s, No. 1 Aug. 24, 1918
B. A. Merritt, P. M., St. John’s, No. 1 Sept. 27, 1918
Jas. L. Croom, St. John’s, No. 1 Sept. 29, 1918
E. P. Bailey, P. M., St. John’s, No. 1 Oct. 5, 1918
J. D. Robinson, St. John’s, No. 1 Oct. 8, 1918
T. M. Batchelor, Royal White Hart, No. 2 Aug. — , 1918
C. W. Whitehurst, St. John’s, No. 3 Aug. 2, 1918
W. T. Warren, St. John’s, No. 3 Oct. 15, 1918
W. D. Pollock, P. M., St. John’s, No. 4 Aug. 15, 1918
J. J. Moore, St. John’s, No. 4 Oct. 30, 1918
Dr. S. J. Hawes, St. John’s, No. 4 Oct. — , 1918
L. L. Pritchard, Charity, No. 5 , 1918
W. D. Pruden, Unanimity, No. 7 March 27, 1918
J. H. Churchill, Unanimity, No. 7 Aug. 20, 1918
Isaac W. Clark, Phoenix, No. 8 Dec. 20, 1917
Thos. T. McGilvary, Phoenix, No. 8 April 17, 1918
Donald F. Ray, Phoenix, No. 8 July 6, 1918
W. C. Blue, Phoenix, No. 8 Oct. 12, 1918
W. P. Massenburg, P. M., Johnston-Caswell, No. 10. June — , 1918
J. T. Northcott, Johnston-Caswell, No. 10 Sept. — , 1918
J. C. Scarboro, American George, No. 17 Dec. 26, 1917
W. S. Nelson, American George, No. 17 Feb. 20, 1918
F. Clare Pharr, Phalanx, No. 31 Feb. 7, 1918
A. G. Brenizer, Phalanx, No. 31 April 25, 1918
B. B. Gulledge, Phalanx, No. 31 April 14, 1918
Frank P. Drane, Phalanx, No. 31 April 26, 1918
S. H. Owens, Phalanx, No. 31 May 17, 1918
F. S. Michel, Phalanx, No. 31 Sept. 10, 1918
C. M. DeArmon, Phalanx, No. 31 Oct. 10, 1918
C. W. Wimpy, Phalanx, No. 31 Oct. 14, 1918
A. E. Waltman, Phalanx, No. 31 Oct. 11, 1918
Gowan Dusenberry, Stokes, No. 32 May — , 1918
J. P. Davis, Stokes, No. 32 , 1918
Jas. H. Carter, Davie, No. 39 May 3, 1918
L. L. Pritchard, Hiram, No. 40 — , 1918
J. M. Beasley, Hiram, No. 40 Oct. 24, 1918
J. S. Pescud, Hiram, No. 40 March 23, 1918
G. W. Holmes, Liberty, No. 45 , 1918
M. V. Burrus, Liberty, No. 45 — , 1918
M. C. Smithey, Liberty, No. 45 , 1918
G. L. Heilbroner, Concord, No. 58 July 16, 1918
O. R. Leggett, Perseverance, No. 59 Oct. 16, 1918
J. K. Campbell, Perseverance, No. 59 , 1918
W. T. Rose, Kilwinning, No. 64 Oct. 10, 1918
W. C. Cheek, Eagle, No. 71 May 24, 1918
A. E. Findlay, Eagle, No. 71 June 28, 1918
M. Smith, Widow’s Son, No. 75 Nov. 2, 1917
S. W. Williams, Widow’s Son. No. 75 , Nov. 21, 1917
N. G. Grandy, Widow’s Son, No. 75 Nov. — , 1917
Grand Lodge of North Carolina 221
W. D. Forbes, Widow’s Son, No. 75 March 8, 1918
R. C. Perkins, Widow’s Son, No. 75 July 13, 1917
A. M. Kellam, Greensboro, No. 76 Oct. 4, 1918
Edward Latham, Greensboro, No. 76 Oct. 12, 1918
Derastus Lewis, Greensboro, No. 76 Dee. 7, 1917
J. Van Lindley, Greensboro, No. 76 June 13, 1918
W. J. Sherrod, Greensboro, No. 76 Oct. 29, 1918
J. P. Smith, Greensboro, No. 76 Sept. 8, 1918
W. B. Streeter, Greensboro, No. 76 ,
Wiley J. Brown, Jr., Sharon, No. 78 Oct. 8, 1918
G. T. Kinsey, Zion, No. 81 Sept. 26, 1918
M. W. Foscue, Zion, No. 81 Oct. 23, 1918
E. S. Smith, Lafayette, No. 83 May 1, 1918
H. D. Murrill, Lafayette, No. 83 Sept. 25, 1918
C. S. Powell, Fellowship, No. 84 April 29, 1918
H. A. Peterson, Fellowship, No. 84 Aug. 29, 1918
Gideon Coggin, Morning Star, No. 85 ,
M. C. Yarboro, Morning Star, No. 85 — ,
W. M. Swain, Morning Star, No. 85 Oct. 11, 1918
N. S. Peel, Skewarkee, No. 90 June 14, 1918
M. D. Mobley, Skewarkee, No. 90 Oct. 20, 1918
Frank Reynolds, Western Star, No. 91 July 12, 1918
R. M. Crumpler, Hiram, No. 98 Feb. 10, 1918
L. L. Matthews, Hiram, No. 98 June 24, 1918
B. Matthews, Hiram, No. 98 Sept. 26, 1818
F. M. Tarrh, Fulton, No. 99 May 14, 1918
W. C. Ayers, Orr, No. 104 March 12, 1918
W. B. Walling, Orr, No. 104 Sept. 19, 1918
S. J. Veach, Belmont, No. 108 Jan. 18, 1918
J. D. Ireland, Belmont, No. 108 Aug. 2, 1918
O. W. Sutton, Belmont, No. 108 Nov. ■ — , 1917
H. H. Hall, Franklin, No. 109 Sept. 26, 1918
R. C. Alexander, Franklin, No. 109 Jan. 16, 1918
C. B. Whitehurst, Franklin, No. 109 July • — , 1918
G. W. Brinkley, Wayne, No. 112 Jan. 23, 1918
O. B. Fonville, Wayne, No. 112 May 8, 1918
J. E. Peterson, Wayne, No. 112 Nov. 17, 1917
R. H. Smith, Wayne, No. 112 Oct. — , 1918
C. C. Dunn, St. Alban’s, No. 114__ Oct. 2, 1918
E. J. Pope, St. Alban’s, No. 114 Oct. 15, 1918
Alf. H. McLeod, St. Alban’s, No. 114 Oct. 15, 1918
H. C. Rogers, St. Alban’s, No. 114 Oct. 26, 1918
J. E. Carlyle, St. Alban’s, No. 114 March 4, 1918
J. A. McAllister, St. Alban’s, No. 114 May 18, 1918
A. W. Prevatt, St. Alban’s, No. 114 June 10, 1918
Jas. T. Adams, Holly Springs, No. 115 Feb. 19, 1918
James Lipscomb, Mount Lebanon, No. 117 • — ,
Howard M. Rowe, Mount Lebanon, No. 117 Aug. 4, 1918
Lee R. Simpkins, Mount Lebanon, No. 117 Oct. 11, 1918
Pierre B. Walker, Mount Lebanon, No. 117 June 29, 1918
Arthur Littman, Mount Hermon, No. 118 May 24, 1918
W. P. Pegram, Mount Hermon, No. 118 July 22, 1918
C. C. Myers, Mount Hermon, No. 118 Aug. 8, 1918
J. A. Nichols, Mount Hermon, No. 118 Aug. 29, 1918
G. M. Williams, Mount Hermon, No. 118 Sept. 20, 1918
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W. B. Vallentine, Mount Hermon, No. 118 Oct. 11, 1918
C. O. Riddick, Mount Hermon, No. 118 Oct. 11, 1918
W. B. Harrison, Mount Hermon, No. 118 Oct. 18, 1918
R. 0. Purnell, Franklinton, No. 123 Aug. 21, 1918
I. G. Staunton, Franklinton, No. 123 Oct. 9, 1918
D. F. Cheatham, Franklinton, No. 123 Oct. 27, 1918
R. W. Smith, Mill Creek, No. 125 May 22, 1918
C. R. Hinton, Gatesville, No. 126 July 15, 1918
A. 0. Haywood, Blackmer, No. 127 Dec. 28, 1917
Henry G. Bruton, Blackmer, No. 127 Oct. 24, 1918
Hugh T. Parks, Hanks, No. 128 June 3, 1918
W. James Jordan, Radiance, No. 132 Jan. 7, 1918
V. R. Smith, Radiance, No. 132 July 24, 1918
W. J. Ellis, Mocksville, No. 134 , — — -
C. C. Cherry, Mocksville, No. 134 Sept. 21, 1918
C. M. Black, Lincoln, No. 137 Nov. 29, 1917
J. A. Bradshaw, King Solomon, No. 138 Sept. 3, 1918
S. A. O’Neal, King Solomon, No. 138 Oct. 10, 1918
0. B. Stroud, Mount Vernon, No. 143 Jan. 19, 1918
Sam H. Norton, Junaluskee, No. 145 March 8, 1918
M. L. Kelly, Junaluskee, No. 145 June 29, 1918
Dr. Edwin W. Myers, Palmyra, No. 147 Nov. 27, 1917
Taylor Zachary, Palmyra, No. 147 April 14, 1918
R. H. Core, Palmyra, No. 147 Oct. 25, 1918
W. A. Luckey, Scotch-Ireland, No. 154 April 21, 1918
R. H. Mitchell, Rolesville, No. 156 Oct. 11, 1918
J. J. Mitchell, Rolesville, No. 156 Oct. 19, 1918
E. L. Ross, Mount Pleasant, No. 157 Nov. 23, 1917
1. L. B. Penny, Mount Pleasant, No. 157 July 10, 1918
C. M. Holcomb, Yadkin, No. 162 Aug. — , 1918
John E. Gough, Yadkin, No. 162 Sept. — , 1918
J. M. Bennett, Winston, No. 167 Jan. 30, 1918
J. B. Martin, Winston, No. 167 March 22, 1918
B. W. Rector, Winston, No. 167 Dec. 17, 1917
DeLos Thomas, Winston, No. 167 May 3, 1918
R. J. Reynolds, Winston, No. 167 July 29, 1918
G. W. Rector, Winston, No. 167 Sept. — , 1918
Samuel H. Smith, P. G. M., Winston, No. 167 Oct. 27, 1918
R. F. McArthur, Carthage, No. 181 Jan. 9, 1918
J. M. Champion, Sandy Creek, No. 185 — , 1918
Rev. Geo. M. Duke, Sandy Creek, No. 185 , 1918
Lucian Radford, Sandy Creek, No. 185 — , 1918
William Woodell, Pine Forest, No. 186 July 23, 1918
J. E. Johnson, Fair Bluff, No. 190 Oct. 12, 1918
B. A. Barber, Cleveland, No. 202 Feb. 6, 1918
C. H. Gales, Cleveland, No. 202 Oct. 18, 1918
A. B. Suttle, Cleveland, No. 202 April 6, 1918
H. H. Naylor, Mingo, No. 206 Nov. 24, 1917
Jno. E Wilson, Mingo, No. 206 — , 1918
Eli Baggett, Mingo, No. 206 Oct. 19, 1918
R. D. Sessoms, Lebanon, No. 207 , 1918
C. G. Sasser, Mount Olive, No. 208 Nov. 29, 1918
D. M. Keith, Eno, No. 210 June 3, 1918
A. Morris, Eno, No. 210 March 7, 1918
S. I. Pope, Eno, No. 210 Oct. 5, 1918
Grand Lodge of North Carolina 223
J. C. Birdsong, Wm. G. Hill, No. 218 June 18, 1918
R. H. Bradley, P. M., Wm. G. Hill, No. 218 May 17, 1918
John W- Cross, Wm. G. Hill, No. 218 March 11, 1918
Leo D. Heartt, Wm. G. Hill, No. 218 Dec. 14, 1917
Hamden Hill, Wm. G. Hill, No. 218 Sept. — , 1918
J. F. Jordan, Wm. G. Hill, No. 218 ■ — , 1918
A. M. Simms, Wm. G. Hill, No. 218 July — , 1918
E. M. Uzzell, P. M., Wm. G. Hill, No. 218 Dec. 7, 1918
S. D. Wait, Wm. G. Hill, No. 218 , 1918
J. 0. A. Kelly, McCormick, No. 228 Feb. 3, 1918
F. C. Toepleman, Henderson, No. 229 March 30, 1918
J. Y. Pothress, Henderson, No. 229 Oct. 8, 1918
W. Richard Coleman, Corinthian, No. 230 Feb. 27, 1918
David Abram, Corinthian, No. 230 July 11, 1918
B. B. Price, Mystic Tie, No. 237 June 16, 1918
J. G. Reid, Mystic Tie, No. 237 Aug. 2, 1918
Dr. F. W. Ritter, Atlantic, No. 238 March 28, 1918
J. W. Adkins, Wiccacon, No. 240 Feb. 16, 1918
B. F. Singleton, Rountree, No. 243 Oct. 13, 1918
Rufus Armfield, Monroe, No. 244 Feb. 28, 1918
N. G. Russell, Monroe, No. 244 June 19, 1918
J. V. Griffith, Monroe, No. 244 Oct. 28, 1918
T. L. Vines, Pythagoras, No. 249 Nov. - — , 1918
S. J. Currin, Shiloh, No. 250 April 11, 1918
J. C. Bentley, Lee, No. 253 Aug. 1, 1918
B. M. Coleman, Kenly, No. 257 May 29, 1918
A. J. Hill, Kenly, No. 257 July 28, 1918
Fred Hill, Kenly, No. 257 Aug. 25, 1918
J. W. Watson, Kenly, No. 257 Jan. 6, 1918
Henry A. Roper, Kenly, No. 257 Oct. 23, 1918
W. T. Blaylock, Waynesville, No. 259 Jan. 29, 1918
J. R. Davis, Waynesville, No. 259 April 4, 1918
J. H. Payne, Waynesville, No. 259 April 25, 1918
F. M. Winchester, P. G. M., Excelsior, No. 261 Nov. 11, 1917
E. L. Clay, Hibriten, No. 262 Aug. 8, 1918
M. LI. Taylor, Farmington, No. 265 Aug. — , 1918
B. E. Paxton, Dunn’s Rock, No. 267 Sept. 15, 1918
J. W. McMinn, Dunn’s Rock, No. 267 July 10, 1918
M. P. Brodie, Dunn’s Rock, No. 267 Sept. 10, 1918
J. W. Foglemon, Tobasco, No. 271 — , 1918
Dr. J. B. Eubanks, Beaver Dam, No. 276 March 9, 1918
A. T. Young, Green Level, No. 277 Sept. — , 1918
A. F. Blond, Rehoboth, No. 279 Sept. 1, 1918
T. Lowry, Wake Forest, No. 282 May 19, 1918
J. A. Yort, Eureka, No. 283 Dec. 21, 1917
W. F. Josey, Eureka. No. 283 Oct. 11, 1918
Dr. A. J. McDevitt, French Broad, No. 292 April 23, 1918
E. W. Jones, Atlantic, No. 294 Oct. 2, 1918
T. D. Brown, Atlantic, No. 294 Oct. 10, 1918
I. H. Little, Stonewall, No. 296 May 2, 1918
J. T. Mobley, Stonewall, No. 296 July 8, 1918
J. B. Coffield, Stonewall, No. 296 Nov. 12, 1917
E. O. McGowan, Toisnot, No. 298 Jan. 5, 1918
C. M. Winstead, Toisnot, No. 298 March 13, 1918
Dr. J. S. Harrison, Toisnot, No. 298 Oct. 7, 1918
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E. L. Windsor, Hunting Creek, No. 299 Dec. 1, 1917
Joseph Huffman, Sr., Clay, No. 301 Oct. 13, 1918
M. R. Morgan, Lillington, No. 302 Feb. 14, 1918
Rod. McMillian, Raeford, No. 306 Sept. — , 1918
Ellis W. Williamson, Raeford, No. 306 Oct. 15, 1918
O. B. Deaton, Montgomery, No. 309 Oct. 16, 1918
W. H. Stott, Hatcher, No. 310 Oct. 13, 1918
D. M. Watson, Notla, No. 312 Oct. 4, 1918
O. G. Styron, Eureka, No. 317 March 15, 1918
J. R. Hobbs, Eureka, No. 317 Sept. 11, 1918
H. S. Miller, Eureka, No. 317 Jan. 7, 1917
A. J. Stone, Eureka, No. 317 June 1, 1918
H. E. Mason, Eureka, No. 317 Sept. 2, 1918
C. H. Robinson (P. G. M.) Wilmington, No. 319 _Nov. — , 1917
H. Wentsenzen, Wilmington, No. 319 Feb. 28,. 1918
W. P. Oldham (P. M.), Wilmington, No. 319 May 2, 1918
C. N. Otey, Jr., Selma, No. 320 Oct. 9, 1918
A. J. Seawell, White Hill, No. 321 , 1918
R. S. Dickson, Rowland, No. 335. Nov. 6, 1917
H. J. Mills, Rowland, No. 335 : Oct. 24, 1918
R; S. Plonk, Fair View, No. 339 — ,
A. Lee Cherry, Rock Springs, No. 341 Feb. 23, 1918
J. Worth Elliott, Hickory, No. 343 July 1, 1918
A. McIntosh, Hickory, No. 343 Oct. 27, 1918
H. W. Minga, Hickory, No. 343 , 1917
Orin M. Sigmon, Hickory, No. 343 Oct. — , 1918
H. A. Lawder, Stanly, No. 348 Dec. — , 1917
U. S. Calloway, Stanly, No. 348 Oct. — , 1918
J. S. Carrington, Durham, No. 352 Feb. 23, 1918
J. R. Day, Durham, No. 352 Feb. 15, 1918
C. C. High, Durham, No. 352 Dec. 22, 1918
D. C. Mangum, Durham, No. 352 June 3, 1918
Geo. Sligo, Durham, No. 352 Sept. 30, 1918
J. H. Costner, Moravian, No. 353 March 8, 1918
J. M. Redwine, Gastonia, No. 369 Sept. 24, 1918
A. O. Lloyd, Gastonia, No. 369 Oct. 11, 1918
A. T. Rhyne, Gastonia, No. 369 Oct. 20, 1918
F. L. Costner, Gastonia, No. 369 Oct. 21, 1918
J. B. Sutherland, Elk, No. 373 ___July 28, 1918
J. C. Shinn, Campbell, No. 374 March 13, 1918
W. J. Wyatt, Campbell, No. 374 Dec. 15, 1917
J. Will Ellis, State Line, No. 375 Oct. 5, 1918
W. T. Edwards, Life Boat, No. 376 Feb. 9, 1918
T. J. Harrington, Life Boat, No. 376 March 10, 1918
John Patterson, Youngsville, No. 377 June 14, 1918
Jones Cooke, Youngsville, No. 377 Oct. 14, 1918
G. R. Fuller, Granville, No. 380 July 13, 1918
J. F. Hudspeth, Shawnee, 382 — , 1918
Z. O. Brown, Shawnee, No. 382 , 1918
J. H. Sharpe, Reidsville, No. 384 Oct. 11, 1918
Frank Evans, Kedron, No. 387 Feb. 2, 1918
W. C. Connell, Kedron, No. 387 March 22, 1918
W. F. Brown, Kedron, No. 387 Oct. 27, 1918
M. L. Beam, Mooresville, No. 388 Jan. 9, 1918
J. W. King, Lebanon, No. 391 Jan. 30, 1918
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
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J. V. Marr, Lebanon, No. 391 March 14, 1918
Theo. Byrd, Cape Fear, No. 394 May 25, 1918
Chas. R. Porter, Cape Fear, No. 394 Oct. 25, 1918
J. W. Orrell, Orient, No. 395 Sept. 27, 1918
Frank L. Williams, Orient, No. 395 -,
Cortez L. Wright, Oxford, No. 396 Oct. 20, 1918
Edwin Duck, Bald Creek, No. 397 Dec. 11, 1917
C. W. Edwards, Bald Creek, No. 397 June 23, 1918
Eldridge English, Bald Creek, No. 397 Oct. 3, 1918
W. T. Wilson, Bald Creek, No. 397 Sept. 15, 1918
Carl Robinson, Center, No. 398 Sept. 29, 1918
John A. Bennett, Conoho, No. 399 Oct. 10, 1918
Dr. A. J. Terrell, Joppa, No. 401 Oct. 13, 1918
J. J. Ray, Ivy, No. 406_-_ Oct. 25, 1918
L. H. Aldridge, Bula, No. 409 — , 1918
J. W. Cates, Bula, No. 409 Jan. 5, 1918
Geo. W. Hatch, Bula, No. 409 Jan. 22, 1918
J. C. Hall, Bula, No. 409 Nov. 6, 1918
A. S. Strother, Louisburg, No. 413 Jan. 4, 1918
L. F. Yates, Louisburg, No. 413 Feb. 23, 1918
J. D. Eller, Miller’s Creek, No. 415 ,
U. S. Johnson, Potecasi, No. 418 Sept. 4, 1918
D. I. Reavis, Harmon, No. 420 Oct. 22, 1918
W. V. Tomlinson, Baltimore, No. 424 Dec. — , 1917
W. G. Shermer, Baltimore, No. 424 Dec. — , 1917
Milton Johnson, Montgomery, No. 426 March 9, 1918
Cas Thomas, Oconee, No. 427 July 2, 1918
E. D. Morgan, Stokesdale, No. 428 Feb. — , 1918
W. B. Johnson, Stokesdale, No. 428 Sept. — , 1918
John A. Hill, Sea Side, No. 429 March 12, 1918
F. G. Piner, Sea Side. No. 429 Oct. 9, 1918
F. T. Moore, Relief, No. 431 March 21, 1918
Nathan Williams, King’s Creek, No. 432 Nov. 16, 1917
T. F. Petty, King’s Creek, No. 432 Sept. 26, 1918
Hurley Wheatley, King’s Creek, No. 432 — , 1918
W. A. Craven, Star, No. 437 ,
S. L. Cagle, Star, No. 437 ,
Z. Y. Barton, Marble Spring, No. 439 Sept. 3, 1918
W. F. Palmer. Marble Spring, No. 439 Oct. 21, 1918
J. L. Wells, Clingman, No. 440 .-July 3, 1918
J. M. Whitehead, Marietta, No. 444 May 20, 1918
M. N. Whitehead, Marietta, No. 444 July 10, 1918
R. R. Swope, Biltmore, No. 446 Dec. 2, 1917
R. M. D. Gunter, Enfield, No. 447 Oct. 5, 1918
W. H. Hyde, Jr., Lone Oak, No. 449 April 2, 1918
B. M. Orr, Lone Oak, No. 449 Oct. 20, 1918
Horace G. Owen, Clyde, No. 453 Oct. 27, 1918
Jasper Shelton, Grapevine, No. 457 June 10, 1918
J. M. Howell, Grapevine, No. 457 May 11, 1918
L. W. Peek, Grapevine, No. 457 March 27, 1918
D. M. Wilson, Grapevine, No. 457 Nov. 10, 1917
Ford Smith, Blowing Rock, No. 458 , 1918
B. B. Bost, Matthews, No. 461 March 14, 1918
J. T. Watts, Matthews, No. 461 July 16, 1918
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226 Proceedings of the
W. P. Smith, Matthews, No. 461 Oct. 31, 1918
M. J. Ray, South Fork, No. 462 Oct. — , 1918
S. M. Wylie, South Fork, No. 462 July — , 1918
H. G. Roberts, South Fork, No. 462 Jan. — , 1918
A. W. McSwain, Boiling Springs, No. 464 March 15, 1918
J. L. McSwain, Boiling Springs, No. 464 June 27, 1918
Rev. Baylus Cade, Boiling Springs, No. 464 May 25, 1918
Pieman Jones, King Hiram, No. 466 Nov. 2, 1917
J. T. Omohundro, Sanford, No. 469 Nov. 6, 1917
A. T. Harrington, Sanford, No. 469 Jan. — , 1918
W. A. Ray, Sanford, No. 469 Oct. — , 1918
M. Maggid, Scotland Neck, No. 470 Oct. 20, 1918
H. L. McDowell, Scotland Neck, No. 470 Oct. 12, 1918
Henry Souther, Grassy Knob, No. 471 Mar. 5, 1918
J. R. Myers, Grassy Knob, No. 471 Oct. 12, 1918
Rev. T. E. Rodman, Grassy Knob, No. 471 Oct. 14, 1918
C. C. Eckenrod, Sonoma, No, 472 Sept. — , 1918
J. E. Crowell, Lexington, No. 473 March 19, 1918
Dr. Fred D. Hale, Lexington, No. 473 June 12, 1918
J. L. Cox, Grimesland, No. 475 July 1, 1918
J. A. Clark, Grimesland, No. 475 Oct. 7, 1918
M. R. Hooks, Grimesland, No. 475 Oct. 11, 1918
H. A. Reel, Rainbow, No. 479 Dec. 8, 1917
V. F. Cone, Spring Plope, No. 481 ■ — ,
John Pace, Saluda, No. 482 Oct. 15, 1918
Fred B. Bloomer, Southern Pines, No. 484 __March 30, 1918
G. I. Linker, Southern Pines, No. 484 March 22, 1918
L. R. Grigg, Lawndale, No. 486 May 9, 1918
Quincy S. Mills, Statesville, No. 487 — , 1918
L. L. Shoulars, Rich Square, No. 488 June 6, 1918
E. W. Lassiter, Rich Square, No. 488 Oct. 12, 1918
J. K. Sykes, Thos. M. Holt, No. 492 Oct. 23, 1918
J. M. Hodges, Jno. A. Graves, No. 494 Aug. — , 1918
S. P. Seawell, Rockingham, No. 495 — — ,
L. A. Cherry, Mooresville, No. 496 Sept. 12, 1918
J. P. Harwell, Mooresville, No. 496 • — , 1918
B. J. Cory, Ayden, No. 498 Oct. 25, 1918
J. S. Hart, Ayden, No. 498 April 24, 1918
Geo. W. Brinkley, Raleigh, No. 500 Dec. 20, 1917
J. A. Drew, Raleigh, No. 500 Sept. 29, 1918
J. H. Edgerton, Raleigh, No. 500 Dec. 13, 1917
W. T. Lay, Raleigh, No. 500 Dec. 13, 1917
H. C. Morse, Raleigh, No. 500 Oct. 15, 1918
F. W. Mitchell, Raleigh, No. 500 Oct. 16, 1918
John E. Ray, Jr., Raleigh, No. 500 Oct. 5, 1918
Chas. F. Snider, Raleigh, No. 500 Oct. — , 1918
Thos Plarry Watson, Raleigh, No. 500 May 30, 1918
R. L. Weaver, Raleigh, No. 500 Nov. 25, 1918
N. S. Bass, Cookville, No. 502 May 9, 1918
J. R. Matthews, Luke McGlaughan, No. 504 May 23, 1918
W. H. Pratt, Luke McGlaughan, No. 504 June 22, 1918
J. B. Hawkins, Lattimore, No. 508 May 29, 1918
E. S. Askew, Aulander, No. 516 May 24, 1918
W. J. Thigpen, Farmville, No. 517 Jan. 30, 1918
S. W. Coffee, Fairfield, No. 520 —Dec. 23, 1917
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E. S. O’Neal, Fairfield, No. 520 Aug. 28, 1918
Robert F. Westcott, Wanchese, No. 521 Nov. 14, 1917
Chas. T. Daniels (E. A.), Wanchese, No. 521 ^_May 20, 1918
J. S. Barber, Winterville, No. 523 June 3, 1918
M. G. Bryan, Winterville, No. 523 Oct. 10 1918
H. P. Stephenson, Pendleton, No. 524 Oct. 7, 1918
C. L. Capps, Lucama, No. 527 June 12, 1918
J. M. Barnes, Joppa, No. 530 Jan. 5, 1918
Albert Padgett, Ellenboro, No. 531 Feb. 21, 1918
M. M. McKinney, Ellenboro, No. 531 Oct. 17, 1918
W. L. Criddlebaugh, Hamlet, No. 532__ July 18, 1918
Jason Ashworth, Ottolay, No. 533 July 12, 1918
M. M. Mauney, Camp Call, No. 534 Nov. 9, 1917
G. B. McEntire, Camp Call, No. 534 Sept. 26, 1918
J. L. Byrne, Boardman, No. 536 Oct. 16, 1918
Perry Ellis, Boardman, No. 536 Oct. 25, 1918
W. E. Crump, Williams, No. 538 Feb. 15, 1918
J. W. Stainback, Caswell, No. 539 Nov. 15, 1917
Neill McNeill, Parkton, No. 541 March 17, 1918
A. C. Maxwell, Parkton, No. 541 April 6, 1918
B. L. Fields, Corinthian, No. 542 Sept. 29, 1918
W. L. Johnson, Corinthian, No. 542 March 23, 1918
S. R. Mickle, Spencer, No. 543 May 3, 1918
J. M. McIntosh, Mount Holly, No. 544 April 9, 1918
H. L. Hope, Mount Holly, No. 544 Oct. 15, 1918
Tom Cox, Shelmerdine, No. 545 Sept. — , 1918
W. M. Tomlinson, Carolina, No. 546 Jan. — , 1918
W. T. Gilliam, Carolina, No. 546 Aug. 2, 1918
W. B. Laster, Zephyr, No. 553 May 1, 1918
M. C. Robinson, Vesper, No. 554 Oct. 9, 1918
Henry Melton, Elise, No. 555 Oct. 5, 1918
A. J. Martin, Oak Grove, No. 557 May 2, 1918
W. R. Sparks, Oak Grove, No. 557 Sept. 13, 1918
T. C. Chapel, Oak Grove, No. 557 Dec. 25, 1917
J. L. Bowles, Ararat, No. 558 Oct. 12 1918
B. F. Cornelius, Grassy Branch, No. 559 Sept. 24, 1918
Josiah Clark Haywood, Waxhaw, No. 562 Sept. 16, 1918
E. A. Ervin, Richlands, No. 564 Nov. 15, 1917
J. L. Woodward, Richlands, No. 564 . March 19, 1918
Geo. W. Parker, Wendell, No. 565 April 2, 1918
A. H. Perry, M. D„ Wendell, No. 565 Oct. 23, 1918
John Crabtree, Doric, No. 568 Aug. 24, 1918
Jas. M. Newsome, Doric, No. 568 March 22, 1918
W. M. Stilley, Doric, No. 568 Oct. — , 1918
Dr. J. E. King, Snow Creek, No. 571 Jan. 7, 1918
W. J. Jones, Mt. Pleasant, No. 573 Oct. 17, 1918
J. F. Little, St. Timothy, No. 575 Dec. 28, 1917
E. F. Mace, Casar, No. 579 , 1918
J. Wilson Osborne, Helton, No. 594 April 21, 1918
John Lynn, Wacccamaw, No. 596 Jan. 3, 1918
Dr. D. Russell Dixon, Queen City, No. 602 — ,
H. L. Moore, Queen City, No. 602 ,
J. W. Kennedy, Skyuka, No. 605 April ■ — -, 1918
C. R. Leonhart, Chadbourn, No. 607 March 29, 1918
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A. P. Dockery, Grandview, No. 608 Oct. 15, 1918
Alexander Hern, Atkinson, No. 612 Jan. 16, 1918
W. C. Pate, Home, No. 613 May 30, 1918
J. H. Watkins, Sunrise, No. 615 Oct. 31, 1917
C. E. Kinnaman, Bonlee, No. 621 Sept. 6, 1918
Tyra Huie, Mt. Pisgah, No. 623 Oct. 23, 1918
G. W. Eaves, J. II. Mills, No. 624 Aug. 10, 1918
A. J. Demarcus, Cannon Memorial, No. 626 Oct. 12, 1918
T. P. Dalton, Walnut Cove, No. 629 Nov. 12, 1917
J. J. Ivey, Seven Springs, No. 631 July 19, 1918
J. S. Fulghum, Bailey, No. 633 Oct. 13, 1918
The Following Master Masons Have Been Reported by the
Secretaries of Their Lodges as Having Lost Their Lives in
the War With Germany.
lodge and no. name date of death
St. John’s Lodge, No. 1, David Worth Loring Aug. 24, 1918
St. John’s Lodge, No. 3, Charles Tilder Pumphrey Oct. 23, 1918
St. John’s Lodge, No. 4, Steven J. Hawes Oct. 20, 1918
Phoenix Lodge, No. 8, Donald F. Ray July 7, 1918
Phalanx Lodge, No. 31, C. Mack De Armon Oct. 9, 1918
Hall Lodge, No. 53, Pearcy G. Dowdy Dec. 10, 1918
Greensboro Lodge, No. 76, Archibald M. Kellam Oct. 4, 1918
Greensboro Lodge, No. 76, Edward Latham Oct. 12, 1918
Sharon Lodge, No. 78, Wiley J. Brown Oct. 8, 1918
Western Star Lodge, No. 91, Robt. F. Williams Nov. 8, 1918
St. Alban’s Lodge, No. 114, Edward Jones Pope Oct. 15, 1918
Mt. Hermon Lodge, No. 118, Charles O. Riddick Oct. 11, 1918
Blackner Lodge, No. 127, Henry G. Bruton Oct. 23, 1918
Winston Lodge, No. 167, M. Clark Johnson Feb. 19, 1919
Winston Lodge, No. 167, Grant Wellington Rector Sept. 25, 1918
Carthage Lodge, No. 181, Fred McArthur Rowland- -Jan. 19, 1918
Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 237, Neal Duval Oct. — , 1918
Kenly Lodge, No. 257, Henry A. Raper Oct. 25, 198
Raeford Lodge, No. 306, Ellis W. Williamson Oct. 15, 1918
Hickory Lodge, No. 343, Oren Morrow Sigmon Oct. 1, 1918
Bakersville Lodge, No. 357, Jeter Buchanan Jan. 15, 1918
Mars Hill Lodge, No. 370, Aaron L. Stines May 21, 1918
King’s Creek Lodge, No. 432, Thos F. Petty Sept. 26, 1918
King’s Creek Lodge, No. 432, Hurley Wheatley Sept. 26, 1918
Star Lodge, No. 437, Shuford L. Cogle Jan. 8, 1918
Grifton Lodge, No. 452, Miland G. Price Nov. 27, 1918
Matthews Lodge, No. 461, B. B. Bost March 14, 1918
Matthews Lodge, No. 461, Dr. W. P. Smith Oct. 31, 1918
Grassy Knob Lodge, No. 471, John R. Myers Oct. 9, 1918
Southern Pines Lodge, No. 484, Fred’k B. Bloomer__Mar. 30, 1918
Statesville Lodge, No. 487, Quincy Sharpe Mills July 26, 1918
Lucama Lodge, No. 527, Calvin L. Capps June 12, 1918
Lucama Lodge, No. 527, David Parrish Oct. 30, 1918
Camp Call Lodge, No. 534, Geo. B. McEntire Sept. 26, 1918
Corinthian Lodge, No. 542, B. L. Fields Sept. 29, 1918
Shelmerdine Lodge, No. 545, John T. Cox Sept. 12, 1918
Cranberry Lodge, No. 598, Tom B. Banner Date not given
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Unanimity, Chowan
Hall, Currituck _
Widow’s Son, Camden
Perquimans, Perquimans __
Atlantic, Currituck
New Lebanon, Camden
Eureka, Pasquotank . _
Currituck, Currituck .
Wanchese, Dare
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Dec. 27, 1918
Dec. 23, 1918
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Davie, Bertie
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Luke McGlaughan, Hert’d-
Aulander, Bertie
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K Solomon, Northampton
Roanoke, Halifax
Seaboard, Northampton .
Potecasi, Northampton __
Enfield, Halifax
Scotland Neck, Halifax . .
Rich Sq., Northampton..
Royal Hart, Halifax .
Widow’s Son, Halifax
Pendleton, Northampton.
Hollister, Halifax ...
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FIFTH DISTRICT — Pitt County.
260
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Greenville, Pitt
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Ayden, Pitt ...
Farmvilie, Pitt
Winterville, Pitt
Shelmerdine, Pitt _ _
Bethel, Pitt
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Wayne, Wayne
Radiance, Greene
Mount Olive, Wayne
Lenoir. Lenoir
Rountree, Lenoir.. _. _
Pleasant Hill, Lenoir. .. .
Falling Creek, Wayne
Harmony, Wayne.
Home, Wayne
Seven Springs, Wayne. _.
Goldsboro, Wayne. .
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SEVENTH DISTRICT — Carteret, Craven and Pamlico Counties.
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
261
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Franklin, Carteret
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Mount Vernon, Pamlico. _
Ocean, Carteret
Vanceboro, Craven..
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Doric, Craven .
Ionic, Craven
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LaFayette, Onslow ..
Polloksville, Jones „ ..
Sea Side, Onslow . ...
Maysville, Jones .. .
Richlands, Onslow . ..
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Belmont, Duplin
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Mingo, Sampson
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Coharie, Sampson
Warsaw, Duplin . ...
Roseboro, Sampson
Wallace, Duplin.
South River, Sampson..
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TENTH DISTRICT — Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover and Pender Counties.
262
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Scotland, Scotland
Fairmont, Robeson.
Parkton, Robeson.
Total
TWELFTH DISTRICT — Moore and Richmond Counties.
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
263
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264
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Jan. 16, 1919
Dec. 31, 1918
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Nov. 25, 1918
Nov. 5, 1918
Nov. 30, 1918
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Phoenix, Cumberland
Palmyra, Harnett _
Pine Forest. Harnett
Harnett, Harnett _
Durbin, Cumberland -
Lillington, Harnett
Evergreen, Harnett.. _
Lebanon, Cumberland...
Cape Fear, Cumberland..
Greenwood, Cumberland.
King Hiram, Cumberland
Buie's Creek, Harnett
Neill S. Stewart, Harnett
Coats, Harnett
Total . . . |
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
265
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Central Cross, Nash-
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Rockville, Nash
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Numa F. Reid, Guilford.
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’’'Montgomery, Montg’ery
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Marietta, Randolph
Carolina, Randolph
Biscoe, Montgomery
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TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT— Mecklenburg County.
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
271
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Rock Springs, Lincoln. ..
Gastonia, Gaston
South Fork, Gaston
Cherryville, Gaston
Whetstone, Gaston.
Mount Holly, Gaston. . .
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Belmont, Gaston
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Winston, Forsyth _
Farmington, Davie
Salem, Forsvth
Walnut Cove, Forsyth
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Rockford, Surry
Granite, Surry
Copeland, Surry
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Elkin, Surry..
Rusk, Surry
Pilot, Surry
State Road, Surry .
Zephyr, Surry _ ...
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Round Peak, Surry .
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Grand Lodge of North Carolina
273
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Jonesville, Yadkin .
Harmon, Yadkin .
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Baltimore, Yadkin _
West Rend Yadkin
Lone Hickory, Yadkin
Oak Grove, Yadkin
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THIRTY-FOURTH DISTRICT — Alleghany and Ashe Counties.
274
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Snow, Watauga
Elk, Watauga.. . —
Ashler, Watauga
Blowing kock, vvarauga.
Linville, Avery. _ __
Cranberry, Avery. .
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DISTRICT — Burke, Caldwell and Catawba Counties.
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
275
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Catawba, Catawba
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Hickory, Catawba
Shawnee, Catawba ..
Cookville, Catawba .
Grassy Branch, Catawba
Maiden, Catawba - _
Riverside, Catawba
Total
Cleveland, Cleveland
Fairview, Cleveland.-- ..
Fallston, Cleveland-
State Line, Cleveland
Mooresboro, Cleveland
Boiling Springs, Cleveland
Lawndale, Cleveland
Lattimore, Cleveland
Camp Call, Cleveland
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Casar, Cleveland .
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Kedron, Henderson
Saluda, Polk .
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Mill Springs, Polk
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Nov. 30, 1918
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Blackmer, Buncombe
Vance, Buncombe..
Center, Buncombe
Biltmore, Buncombe
Hominy, Buncombe
Barnardsville, Buncombe
Ottolay, Buncombe
Swannanoa, Buncombe ..
Total __
FORTIETH DISTRICT — Mitchell and Yancey Counties.
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
277
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$ 573
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Bald Creek, Yancey... .
Eastern Star, Yancey
Bee Log, Yancey
Vesper, Mitchell
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106
' 116
145
83
51
109
76
72
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Dec. 2, 1918
Dec. 14, 1918
Dec. 6, 1918
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French Broad, Madison..
Mars Hill, Madison
Pigeon River, Haywood. .
White Rock, Madison. ..
Ivy, Madison ...
Clyde, Haywood .
*Grapevine, Madison.
Sonoma, Haywood. __
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145
268
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551
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Unaka, Jackson. . .
East La Port, Jackson
Oconee, Swain.
Blue Ridge, Macon ..
Dillsboro, Jackson .
Sylva, Jackson _.
Glenville, Jackson
Total
Abstract of Returns from Subordinate Lodges — Continued.
FORTY-THIRD DISTRICT — Cherokee, Clay and Graham Counties.
278
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INDEX
A
PAGE
Assistant Grand Lecturers 7
Appointments of Grand Master 150
Abstract of return^ 258
eighteenth district 266
eighth district 261
eleventh district 262
fifteenth district 264
fifth district 260
first district 258
fortieth district 277
forty-first district 277
forty-fourth district 278
forty-second district 277
forty-third district 278
fourteenth district 264
fourth district 259
nineteenth district 267
ninth district 261
recapitulation 279
sixteenth district 265
sixth district 260
second district 258
seventeenth district 266
seventh district 261
tenth district 262
third district 259
thirteenth district 263
thirtieth district 272
thirty-eighth district 276
thirty-fifth district 274
thirty-first district 272
thirty-fourth district 274
thirty-ninth district 276
thirty-second district 273
thirty-seventh district 275
thirty-sixth district 275
thirty-third district 273
twelfth district 263
twentieth district 267
twenty-eighth district 271
twenty-fifth district 270
twenty-first district / 268
twenty-fourth district 269
twenty-ninth district 271
twenty-second district 268
twenty-seventh district 271
twenty-sixth district 270
twenty-third district 269
282
Proceedings of the
Appendix : page
report of Committee on Foreign Correspondence 3
reports of District Deputy Grand Masters 87
Army Lodge A 29
roster of 30
B
Board of General Purposes 7
report of 114
Board of Directors, Oxford Orphan Asylum 8
report of 78
c
Committee :
on Credentials, report of 13
on By-laws, report of 73
on Foreign Correspondence, report of 74
on Masonic Temple, report of 74
to Investigate the Matter of J. M. Clark vs. Shoal Creek
Lodge, No. 518, report of 107
on Charters and Dispensations, No. 1, report of 115
on Charters and Dispensations, No. 2, report of 115
on Necrology, report of 121
on Orphan Asylum, report of 128
on Appeals, report of 139
to Investigate Certain Matters in Sulphur Springs Lodge,
No.- 560, report of 140
on Jurisprudence, report of 140
on Propositions and Grievances, No. 1, report of 142
on Returns of Subordinate Lodges, No. 1, report of 142
on Finance, report of 144
to Investigate Certain Matters in Sulphur Springs Lodge,
No. 560, not discharged 148
to Revise Burial Service, report of 150
on Foreign Correspondence, report of Appendix 3
standing 112, 151
special _ 113
Calvin Jones, sketch of life 185
Custodians, report of Board 149
Charter arrested 31
Conference of Grand Masters 45, 129
D
Deaths:
reported to Grand Lodge for year 1918 220
of Master Masons in war with Germany 228
District Deputy Grand Masters:
present at Grand Lodge 12
reports of Appendix 87
Decisions of Grand Master 32
Dispensations issued by Grand Master 33
Drewry Memorial Grand Secretary fund 102
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
283
E PAGE
Election of officers 148
Election of Directors and Trustees 148
F
Flag, presentation of, to Grand Lodge by Past Grand Master
Norfleet 143
Finance Committee:
report of, on Lacy resolution to donate $10,000 to Drewry
Memorial fund 144
recommends amendment of Webb resolution to collect $10
from each initiate for charity fund 144
report of 144
Fraternal Dead:
Robert H. Bradley 20
Samuel H. Smith 20
In Memoriam 215
report of Committee on Necrology 121
deaths reported for year 1918 . 220
of Master Masons in war with Germany 228
G
Grady, Henry A., sketch of life 1
Grand officers:
list of Grand Masters from 1787 to 1918, inclusive 6
list of, for Grand Lodge for year commencing January,
A. L. 5919 7
Board of General Purposes 7
Grand Custodians : 7, 11
Assistant Grand Lecturers 7
District Deputy Grand Masters 8
present at Grand Lodge 11
Grand Master’s address 19
Robert H. Bradley 20
Samuel H. Smith 20
Fraternal Dead 21
Soldier Masons’ Welfare Work 22
Army Lodge A 29
roster of 30
charter arrested 31
discipline 31
Custodians and Grand Lecturers 32
decisions 32
District Deputy Grand Masters - 33
dispensations 33
Drewry Memorial Grand Secretary fund 34
foreign relations 36
Grand Representative appointed 37
Halifax relief fund 37
interstate courtesies 37
Masonic Temple 39
284 Proceedings of the
Grand Master’s Address. — Cont’d. page
new Lodges 39
special communication held 39
Oxford Orphan Asylum 39
Masonic and Eastern Star Home 41
index to the Code 41
Federal war tax and dues of Lodg’es 41
George Washington National Memorial Association 42
war activities 42
conference of Grand Masters 45
war relief 46
holiday greeting 47
growth and condition of Order 48
Grand Secretary’s office 49
Grand Lodge revenue 49
conclusion 50
Grand Master, appointments of 150
Grand Masters’ Conference at Cedar Rapids, Iowa:
report of Henry A. Grady, representative 129
outline of tentative plan of organization of the Masonic
Service Association of the United States 133
object 134
administration 134
recommendations and suggestions 137
resolution of Grand Lodge ratifying and accepting consti-
tution, by Leon Cash 138
Grand Orator’s address 108
Grand Treasurer’s report 51
consolidated statement 52
disbursements in detail — 53
schedule of salaries and clerical help in detail 55
reconciliation of bank account 56
Grand Secretary’s report 57
estimate of membership 57
revenue — Grand Lodge fund 57
Welfare Work of North Carolina Soldier Masons 58
recapitulation of collections 58
contingent fund 1 58
duplicate charter issued 58
new Lodges 58
special communications 59
Golden Fleece Lodge, No. 74 59
Buie’s Creek Lodge, No. 503 59
appeals for aid 59
Grand Representatives 59
war roster 60
delinquent Lodges 60
Past Grand Master Calvin Jones 60
Necrology 60
fiscal year 61
Lodges under dispensation 61
Grand Auditor’s report 71
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
285
H
PAGE
Hart, 0. Frank, Grand Secretary of Grand Lodge of South
Carolina introduced 121
Hospital at Oxford Orphanage named 150
Halifax relief fund 37
J
Jones, Calvin 60
sketch of life of 185
L
Lodges under jurisdiction of Grand Lodge 241
Lodges under dispensation 61
M
Masonic and Eastern Star Home:
Board of Directors 8
Trustees endowment fund 8
Secretary-Treasurer, report of 104
our guests 105
health conditions 105
endowment fund 105
hog lot and chicken house 105
dairy stock ; 106
hogs 106
the By-laws 106
Darroch case 106
per capita cost 106
financial statement 106
liabilities 106
budget for 1919 107
Master Masons:
death of, for year 1918 220
death of, in war with Germany 228
N
New Lodges 39, 58
Necrology 60
report of Committee on 121
Robert H. Bradley 20
Samuel H. Smith 20
In Memoriam 215
deaths reported for 1918 220
deaths of Master Masons in war with Germany 228
0
Oxford Orphan Asylum:
Board of Directors ^8
Board of Directors, report of 78
Superintendent, report of 1 84
Lady Supervisor, report of 87
Manager of singing class, report of 89
286
Proceedings of the
Oxford Orphan Asylum. — Cont’d. page
Dentist, report of 91
Treasurer, report of 92
Grand Auditor, report of 100
report of Committee on 128
Officers :
election of 1 148
installation of 149
P
Past Grand Officers present at Grand Lodge 12
Presentation of American flag to Grand Lodge by Past Grand
Master Grady in behalf of Past Grand Master
Norfleet 143
Proceedings :
first day’s session 11
second day, morning session 114
second day, evening session 142
R
Report :
of Committee of Credentials 13
of Committee on By-laws 73
of Committee on Foreign Correspondence 74
of Committee on Masonic Temple 74
of Board of Directors Oxford Orphan Asylum 78
of Secretary-Treasurer Masonic and Eastern Star Horae— 104
of Committee to Investigate Matter of J. M. Clark vs.
Shoal Creek Lodge, No. 518 107
of Board of General Purposes 115
of Committee on Charters and Dispensations, No. 1 115
of Committee on Charters and Dispensations, No. 2 115
of Chairman of Executive Committee on Masonic and
Eastern Star Home , 115
of treasurer of Halifax relief fund 116
of Committee on Necrology 121
of Orphan Asylum Committee 128
of H. A. Grady, representative of Grand Lodge at Grand
Masters’ Conference 129
on Masonic and Eastern Star Home 139
of Committee on Appeals 139
of Committee to Investigate Certain Matters in Sulphur
Springs Lodge, No. 560 140
of Committee on Jurisprudence 140
of Committee on Propositions and Grievances, No. 1 142
of Committee on Returns of Subordinate Lodges, No. 1 142
of Committee on Finance 144
revenue 144
soldier Masons’ Welfare Fund 145
Oxford Orphan Asylum 146
Masonic and Eastern Star Home 146
Drewry Memorial Grand Secretary fund 146
estimated receipts 146
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
287
Report of Committee on. — Cont’d. PAGE'
Orphan Asylum and Masonic Home 147
annual communication 147
annual salaries 147
annual expenses 147
special appropriations 148
recapitulation 148
of Board of Custodians 149
of Committee to Revise Burial Service 150
of Committee on Foreign Correspondence -Appendix 3
of District Deputy Grand Masters Appendix 87
Representatives of other Grand Lodges near the Grand Lodge
of North Carolina 12
Resolutions :
concerning additional funds for charity work, by Thos.
H. Webb 103
to amend Constitution, by A. S. Holden 103
concerning annual returns, by A. S. Holden 103
concerning valuable relics and autographs, by W. S.
Creighton 104
to appoint Masonic and Eastern Star Committee in each
Lodge, by F. W. Kenny 104
concerning Robert H. Bradley, Grand Tyler, deceased, by
A. B. Andrews 126
to ratify and accept constitution of Masonic Service As-
sociation, by Leon Cash 138
by F. W. Kenny adopted 141
to change authorized work, by B. R. Lacy 141
introduced in 1918 by A. B. Andrews called up 143
by A. B. Andrews, in behalf of Finance Committee 143
to amend Webb resolution to raise additional funds, by
Finance Committee 1 144
to appoint committee to select and present suitable token
of esteem of Grand Lodge to Past Grand Master Roy-
ster, by Thos. H. Webb 149
s
Special Communications . 156
Statistics 1 229
Soldier Masons’ Welfare fund 22, 62
T
Trustees:
Endowment fund, Masonic and Eastern Star Home 8
Drewry Memorial fund 102
election of 148
w
William J. Hicks Memorial Plospital selected as name for hos-
pital at Oxford Orphan Asylum 150
War roster 60
War activities 42
War relief 46
Welfare Fund of North Carolina Soldier Masons 22, 58, 62
APPENDIX
Report of Foreign Correspondence
Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren of the
Grand Lodge:
My reviews of Foreign Correspondence will be turned
over to the Grand Secretary, for publication, in due
season.
Ever since the last Grand Lodge instructed me to take
under consideration the subject of whether or not The
Grand Lodge of North Carolina should extend fraternal
recognition to any of the Grand Bodies with which it
does not now affiliate, I have been bombarded with com-
munications in “unknown tongues” until I am wellnigh
shell-shocked.
During the late war, some American Grand Lodges
placed themselves in the inconsistent position of giving
their members leave to hold Masonic intercourse with
Masons under the jurisdiction of Grand Lodges which
these American Grand Lodges have never yet formally
recognized. No American Grand Lodge, so far as I am
able to learn, has yet taken final action as to the recogni-
tion of Grand Lodges in any of the foreign countries
whose Masonry has not heretofore been recognized by
Grand Lodges in the United States. Practically all of the
American Grand Lodges have decided that the question
of recognition should be deferred until a still later time,
when affairs have become normal once more after the
confusion following in the wake of the war just ended.
Some Grand Lodges have taken the matter of the
recognition of unrecognized Grand Lodges out of the
hands of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, and
have appointed a special committee to consider the mat-
ter. I recommend that The Grand Lodge of North Caro-
lina take similar action, for there is no danger of finding
a committee which knows less about such matters than
I do.
Fraternally submitted,
Marshall DeLancey Haywood,
Committee on Foreign Correspondence.
Raleigh, N. C., January 21, 1919.
4
Appendix
List of Proceedings Reviewed
Alabama 1917
Alberta 1918
Arizona 1918
Arkansas 1917
British Columbia 1918
California 1917
Canada : 1917
Colorado 1918
Connecticut 1918
Cuba 1918
England 1917-’18
Florida 1918
Georgia 1917
Idaho 1918
Illinois 1917
Indiana 1918
Iowa 1918
Ireland 1917
Kansas 1918
Kentucky 1917
Louisiana
Maine 1918
Manitoba ^ 1918
Maryland 1917
Massachusetts 1917
Michigan 1918
Minnesota 1918
Missouri 1917
Nevada 1918
New Brunswick 1918
New Hampshire 1918
New Jersey 1918
New South Wales 1917
New York 1918
North Dakota 1918
Nova Scotia 1918
Ohio 1917
Oklahoma 1918
Oregon 1917
Pennsylvania 1917
Philippine Islands 1918
Quebec 1918
Queensland 1918
Rhode Island 1917
South Australia 1918
South Carolina 1917
South Dakota 1918
Tennessee 1918
Texas __1917
Utah 1918
Vermont 1918
Virginia 1918
Washington 1917
Western Australia 1918
Wisconsin 1918
Wyoming 1917
Missing: Delaware, District of Columbia, Missis-
sippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New Zealand,
Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Scotland, Victoria,
West Virginia.
Appendix
5
ALABAMA, 1917.
97th Annual Montgomery December 6-7
Walter Smith, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
George A. Beauchamp, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
Robert Sterling Teague, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
At the beginning of Grand Master Smith’s annual address is a
statement of gratifying growth in The Grand Lodge of Alabama,
more than 29,000 members being under its jurisdiction at that
time, notwithstanding the disadvantage incident to the troublous
times then dawning upon the nation.
Not many decisions were rendered by the Grand Master, but
in this number were several of more than passing interest. One
construed an edict of the Grand Lodge relating to residence quali-
fications of army officials and men — the edict allowing them to
petition in Alabama if stationed there, without waiting the time
which would be required of others before a legal residence could
be gained. The Grand Master said: “In my opinion the exception
in the edict was for the benefit of men whose entrance into the
army as a life profession made it practically impossible for them
to have a permanent residence.” In the case of patriotic civilians,
who would return to peaceful employments as soon as the Govern-
ment no longer needed their services in the army, and sent most
of them back to their former homes, the decision said: “In such
cases it appears to me that his petition should be filed and passed
upon at the place of his residence, where his moral qualifications
are best known, and where he would naturally wish his member-
ship to be.”
Another ruling holds that: “The death of a Brother, against
whom charges are pending, abates the proceedings. Such a
Brother is entitled to Masonic burial.”
As the North Carolina Reviewer has not been inflated to the
celestial degree of Super-Grand Master, we must admit the truth
of Bro. Oliver Day Street’s comment that we do not feel called on
to pass upon the soundness or unsoundness of the official pro-
nouncements of the various Grand Masters throughout the realm
of Masonry, but the above rulings by Grand Master Smith are
marked by such clear principles of common sense (which should
govern Masonic law) that we fear not to stamp them with our
humble approval. And, in passing, we wish to make a profound
bow to the Alabama Reviewer, Brother Street, for some much ap-
preciated compliments in alluding to our historical work. To have
such bouquets often handed us might result in an incurable case
of the swell-head — enlargiensis coco, as the late George Ade would
6
Appendix
call it. (See Wisconsin review.) Dispensations were granted to form
four new Lodges, and six chartered Lodges were reduced to three
by consolidation. Dispensations empowering four Lodges to con-
tinue work were also issued, their charters having been lost or
destroyed,
A remarkable case of Masonic deception was dealt with by
the Grand Master. A call for help was issued by Bankhead
Lodge, No. 449, stating that a member (whose name was given)
had lost his house by fire, that his land was mortgaged and that
his only son (his sole support) had just died. Upon learning that
the supposed beneficiary denied any knowledge of the circular, that
he had not owned a house, never possessed land to be mortgaged,
never was married, and had no son to die and leave him in want,
the Grand Master arrested the charter and Uncle Sam arrested
the officers of the Lodge, who are now bound over to the United
States Court on the charge of using the mails for fraudulent pur-
poses.
A clandestine “Supreme Grand Lodge” of Scottish Rite Masons
has cropped up in Birmingham, and the Grand Master issued a
circular warning all Masons against the spurious claims of that
body, whose “Grand East” is in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Grand Lodge, in a body, paid a visit to the Masonic Home,
and steps were taken to wipe out a deficit with which that institu-
tion is burdened. The George Washington Masonic National
Memorial Association is aided in its work by The Grand Lodge of
Alabama, whose Grand Master attended the 1917 meeting in
Alexandria, Va.
The 200th anniversary of the establishment of The Grand
Lodge of England was celebrated by The Grand Lodge of Alabama
December 4, 1917, with interesting historical addresses by Past
Grand Master Lawrence H. Lee and Past Master Oliver Day
Street.
Alabama lost nearly four hundred Brethren by the hand of
death during the year, but no Grand Lodge officers.
ALBERTA, 1918
I 3th Annual Edmonton May 29
W. M. Connacher, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
S. Y. Taylor, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
H. Darling, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
Among those in attendance upon this annual communication
were 4 Past Grand Masters, 114 Past Masters, and 78 Masters
and Wardens.
Appendix
7
Of the 89 members of this Grand Lodge who died during the
year, the Grand Master reports that more than half — 45, to be
very exact — gave their lives in the war against world tyranny —
a sad but glorious percentage!
Two new Lodges were chai’tered, and 11 were formed under
dispensation. One Lodge continued under dispensation is a name-
sake of that zealous Mason and heroic soldier, the late Lord
Kitchener. Referring to two dispensations which he had granted
to confer degrees upon soldiers who were not physically perfect
in consequence of wounds received while fighting in the war then
in progress, the Grand Master said:
“I feel that the broadest possible view should be taken in
matter of granting dispensations to initiate our returned soldiers,
who have been wounded in the service of the Empire, provided
they can fulfill the necessary requirements, and I therefore
granted these dispensations gladly.”
Concerning the great disaster at Halifax, N. S., when the
powder ship explosion killed neai’ly 2,000 persons and maimed for
life thousands of others the Grand Master says he forwarded
$1,000 the day after the disaster for the relief of sufferers in the
sister province.
A patriotic fund, for the benefit of returned Masonic soldiers
who may be in need of help, has been formed and is destined to do
much good.
An interesting ceremony took place just before closing of the
Grand Lodge when a handsome gold watch was presented to Past
Grand Master G. H. Hogbin, who was preparing to leave Alberta
for British Honduras. This eminent Brother presided over the
meeting which formed the Lodge of the Province of Alberta into
a Grand Lodge, and has always been a devoted member and wise
counselor in the Fraternity where his lot has been cast.
This Grand Lodge owns a valuable and growing library, which
is kept open on all week days. The enterprising Librarian contem-
plates adding a circulating feature to it in the near future.
ARIZONA, 1918
36th Annual Tucson February 12-14
Charles Custis Woolf, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
George James Roskruge, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Edwin Alvin Hughes, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
The minutes of the annual communication of February 12th-
14th are preceded by minutes of two special communications — one
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at the town of St. Johns, August 10, 1917, to lay corner stone of a
court-house; and one at the town of Flagstaff, October 7, 1917, to
lay corner stone of Masonic Temple. On the latter occasion a
patriotic Masonic oration was delivered by Bro. Elias Stover
Clark.
Among the deaths suffered by this Grand Lodge during the year,
we note that of Past Grand Master William Francis Nichols, a
native of Massachusetts and “a product of Arizona Masonry.”
He was connected with all Masonic bodies of both the York Rite
and Scottish Rite; and in civil life was a legislator, magistrate,
and United States Commissioner. The entire death loss of Ari-
zona during the year was 38.
In the Grand Master’s annual address he gives a list of Grand
Lodges which approve, and those which disapprove, Army Lodges;
and records North Carolina as disapproving. This is evidently an
error, as The Grand Lodge of North Carolina chartered an Army
Lodge during the progress of the war just closed — “Army
Lodge A.” Whether North Carolina approves or disapproves, one
thing is certain, and that is that Grand Master Woolf disapproves,
for he says “they could certainly be of little or no benefit either to
the individuals of whom they would be composed, or to the Frater-
nity, and certainly such organizations have no place at the present
time in our national military establishment.” While no one would
contend that military Lodges should be a component part of the
army, we believe that the ennobling principles of Masonry, when
put into the life of a soldier, would make him more patriotic and
more conscientious in the performance of duties in camp and field.
Out of a Grand Lodge membership of a little over 3,000, Mon-
tana furnished an even three hundred Brethren to the American
forces in the war.
There is no review of Foreign Correspondence in the Montana
Proceedings.
ARKANSAS, 1917
80th Annual Little Rock November 20-21
J. S. Reamy, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
Fay Hemstead, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
Milton Winham, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
This volume contains (in addition to annual communication)
the minutes of five special communications which met as follows:
at the town of Greenwood, November 24, 1916, to lay corner
stone of a court-house; at the town of Paris, April 28, 1917, to lay
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corner stone of a church; at the town of Lewisville, June 5, 1917,
to lay corner stone of a church; at the town of Theodore, August
3, 1917, to lay corner stone of a Masonic hall; and at the town of
Hope, September 20, 1917, to lay corner stone of a church.
Upon the opening of the annual communication it was an-
nounced that the M.'.W.'. Samuel W. Hogan, Grand Master of
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, was in waiting. A committee of
Past Grand Masters was thereupon appointed to conduct into the
Grand Lodge this distinguished Craftsman, who was received with
the honors due his rank.
Before the regular business of the annual communication was
taken up, patriotic exercises took place, including the rendition of
a beautiful and spirited poem by Grand Secretary Fay Hemstead,
“the Poet Laureate of Freemasonry.”
Under the head of “Trials,” we find in the Grand Master’s
annual address this entry:
“Washington Lodge, No. 1, in matter of closing door of the
Lodge against the regularly elected and installed Worthy Matron
of the Order of the Eastern Star.”
This is a puzzler to us. In our neck of the woods a Masonic
Lodge has a legal 1’ight to close its doors against a worthy matron,
a worthy maid, or any other individuals, either worthy or un-
worthy, who are not members of the Lodge, though frequently our
Lodges in North Carolina allow the Eastern Star the use of their
halls as a matter of courtesy, and have found these lady rela-
tives good co-workers in much of the charitable labors undertaken
by Masonry.
In common with so many of the Grand Lodges throughout the
United States, The Grand Lodge of Arkansas maintains a Ma-
sonic Home and School.
The death loss of The Grand Lodge of Arkansas during the
year aggregated 295.
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1918
47th Annual Victoria June 20-21
Douglas Corsan, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
William A. De Wolf-Smith, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
John Shaw, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
The frontis-piece to this volume presents to our view a por-
trait of Grand Master Corsan, clad in the khaki uniform of a
Major and apparently ready for such patriotic work as the times
required. In his annual address he expressed regret that military
duties had not enabled him to devote as much time to Masonry as
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he would have done under other circumstances. Concerning
Brethren then in the service, and those whose lives had been sacri-
ficed in the cause, he said:
“During the year, many of the Brethren of this Jurisdiction
have distinguished themselves on the various battle fronts on
which our troops have been engaged, and some also have given up
their lives in the cause of Right Freedom. The Brethren will join
me in extending our deepest sympathy to those near and dear to
them whom they have left behind.”
Deaths from all causes, in this Grand Lodge, numbered 126
during the year. The “roll of honor,” printed in these Proceedings,
gives the names of 85 who have died in the military and naval
service.
Among the aforementioned Fraternal Dead, the Brother who
had held the most exalted Masonic rank was Past Grand Master
Elon Ezra Chipman, who filled the Grand East in 1902, and passed
away at his home in the town /of Kaslo on the 21st of April, 1918.
Of the services of this eminent Brother, Grand Master Corsan
said:
“I wish specially to mention our late M. W. Brother Elon E.
Chipman, who died at Kaslo on the 21st of April last. Our de-
parted Brother was a member of The Grand Lodge of Canada, in
the Province of Ontario; and, on his arrival in British Columbia,
affiliated with Kaslo Lodge, No. 25. He was most regular in his
attendance on the Communications of the Grand Lodge, and
always took an active part in its proceedings. He was elected
Senior Grand Warden in 1900, Deputy Grand Master in 1901, and
Grand Master in 1902, and filled all these offices with honour and
distinction. His never-failing cheerfulness, inexhaustible humour,
and sound judgment endeared him to all, and he will be sorely
missed from our Communications. His funeral took place at
Kaslo; and, being unable to be present myself, I requested R. W.
Brother George Johnstone, of Nelson, to attend as my representa-
tive, which he kindly did.”
At the installation of officers of St. George’s Lodge, No. 41, at
Kelowna, December 27, 1917, every Past Master the Lodge had
was present and took part in the work. These Past Masters —
fourteen in all— were photographed in a group, and the picture
gives us a view of a handsome company of Brethren.
CALIFORNIA, 1917
68th Annual San Francisco October 9-12
Francis V. Keesling, Grand Master, 1916-1917*
John Whicher, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
William Rhodes Hervey, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
Fourteen Past Grand Masters were present at this annual
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communication. By order of the Grand Master they were escorted
before the altar and the greetings of the Grand Lodge were
formally extended to them.
Grand Master Keesling visited every Masonic district in Cali-
fornia but one, 122 visitations being paid; and, being unable to go
in person to Hawaii (where Lodges are working under California
charters), he sent the Grand Lecturer to those islands. Among the
deaths which this Grand Lodge has been called upon to mourn we
find recorded the names of Past Grand Masters Samuel Crawford
Denson, Charles Wilber Nutting, and Edward Henry Hart.
Some interesting decisions by the Grand Master are recorded,
among them being the following:
“1. A Brother must not be permitted to visit a Lodge under an
assumed name. * * * *
“4. The ceremonial for laying corner stones is symbolic, and
cannot be performed for placing a tablet. * * *
“5. Before permitting a degree to be conferred by individuals,
other than those qualified by installation in office, excepting only
Past Masters, their qualifications must be passed upon and ap-
proved by the Grand Lecturer. * * *
“6. Where a funeral ceremony is conducted in the Lodge Room
the Lodge must be formally opened. * * * *
“9. Use of the Masonic emblem, or intentional reference to
Masonic membership for political advertisement, constitutes a vio-
lation of Masonic law. * * * *
“11. Dues of those who have entered the military or naval ser-
vice cannot be remitted merely for that reason. * * *
“13. The Grand Master has not the power to issue a dispen-
sation for the formation of a traveling Lodge. * * *
“14. Dispensations should not be granted for Lodges at mili-
tary barracks or naval yards situated within distance of easy ac-
cess to Lodges regularly chartered. * * * *
“18. The exception permitting of reception of the petition of a
person belonging to the army or navy of the United States, though
h§ may not have the qualifications of x’esidence, applies only to
those in the Regular Army or Navy.”
The “Roll of Honor,” giving the names of Masons from Cali-
fornia who served our country in military or naval capacities in
the late war, contains the names of nearly twelve hundred of these
Masonic patriots.
A valuable and interesting historical address, by Bro. J. W.
Linscott, on “The Influence of Early Day Masons on the Social
and Political Life of California” was delivered before the Grand
Lodge on the evening of Thursday’s session.
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CANADA, 1917
62d Annual Belleville (Ont.) July 18-19
Sydney A. Luke, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
R. L. Gunn, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
William H. Wardrope, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
This annual communication of The Grand Lodge of Canada in
the Province of Ontario was formally welcomed by Mayor Ketche-
son, of Belleville. In the Mayor’s address is an interesting refer-
ence to the origin of Belleville, which was settled by Loyalists who
found their abode unpleasant in the Thirteen Colonies after the
Revolution. Mayor Ketcheson said:
“You are meeting at the centre of one of the most historic
localities in this province — on the shore of the Bay of Quinte. It
was here that the United Empire Loyalists came with their fami-
lies, hewed down the forests, and builded their homes. These
grand and loyal men brought with them, treasured in their hearts,
the principles and tenets of your Order; and, soon after their ar-
rival, Masonic Lodges were founded.”
We know that good Masons were by no means united in North
Carolina at the time alluded to by Mayor Ketcheson. Grand Sec-
retary William Brimage and Chief Justice Martin Howard (Past
Master of St. John’s Lodge in New Bern) were among the eminent
Craftsmen who were ordered to leave North Carolina after it
united with the other colonies in declaring itself a sovereign State,
independent of the Crown of Great Britain. But more recently
Uncle Sam has gotten together with John Bull on the right side
of a bigger war, and they have shot in the same direction instead
of shooting at each other, so “all’s well that ends well.” In his
annual address Grand Master Luke says:
“There has been a great change of sentiment towards Great
Britain in the United States in recent years. The rancour of the
Revolution was intense and enduring. The War of 1812 added
bitterness, and up to twenty-five years ago there was pronounced
ill-feeling against anything British. Now that has gone, and, if
one requests it, a cup of tea may be had even in Boston; and it is
notable also that the very significant memorial of sympathy signed
by representative citizens of the Union, which was presented soon
after the war started, should have issued from that very city in
which the War of Independence originated. If this is the begin-
ning of the end of all bitterness, it is indeed a matter of peculiar
fitness; for it was a German King, with a small character, and
stupid, ruling in England, who started the row, and it is a Ger-
man emperor, with the same characteristics, who perhaps, and un-
willingly, is ending it. It is time that the memory of old griev-
ances between the two nations should be buried, never to be resusci-
tated. Our ideals of individual freedom and justice, and of self-
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government, won at Hastings and Runnymede, are identical.
Neither covets what the other has, and it would be a good thing
for the world at large, a wonderful forward movement, if all the
nations sharing the language of Shakespeare, Milton, Hampden,
would hereafter stand shoulder to shoulder against crazy arro-
gance, and all bandits and tyrants of the world.”
All true, Most Worshipful Sir and Brother, unless we are per-
mitted to ask what the English gained in the way of “freedom and
justice, and of self-government” at Hastings? After Hastings we
thought the lines put by Scott into the mouth of Wamba were too
true —
“Norman saw on English oak,
On English neck a Norman yoke;
Norman spoon in English dish,
And England ruled as Normans wish.”
But England’s triumph and reverses in by-gone centuries have
no bearing (so far as we know) on Masonry, so we had better
get back to our text and tell more of the doings of The Grand
Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario.
During the year Grand Master Luke issued 469 dispensations,
199 of these being to permit Lodges to confer degrees within the
“time limit” upon soldiers going to the war.
In the matter of Masonic funeral ceremonies over the in-
cinerated remains of a Brother, the Grand Master made this
ruling :
“A member directed that, upon death, his remains be cremated,
and that the funeral be of Masonic character. His mother Lodge
asked for instructions as to compliance. My reply was that, be-
cause the circumstance was unusual, I did not understand that
the wish of the dead should be disregarded, and advised them to
carry out his wishes.”
At this annual communication, the two hundredth anniversary
of the establishment of The Grand Lodge of England was ob-
served, the exercises including a valuable historical address by
Past Grand Master A. T. Freed. This address does not deal in
silly fictions by attempting to connect up the most ancient patri-
archs of the Old Testament with Freemasonry, but makes a sane
start by saying:
“Freemasonry existed in England at the end of the fourteenth
century. How long it existed before that time we may guess, but
we do not know. For the purposes of the present paper I shall not
attempt to guess, but shall content myself with repeating that we
know it was in existence at the end of the fourteenth century.
And then it professed to be, and certainly was, very old.”
In the conclusion of the same address it is said of Masonry:
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“Day by day its influence is growing and strengthening, light-
ing men to thoughts and deeds of goodness, mercy and righteous-
ness. And let us unite in gratitude to the Great Architect of the
Universe for having so enlightened the minds of the men who met
at St. Paul’s Churchyard in 1717 that they gave to future genera-
tions the great moral force which has gone on for two centuries in
its wondrous work of love, and which we trust will continue to do
so till time shall he no more.”
As there are still in North Carolina charters emanating from
England prior to the War of the Revolution, we can unite with
our Canadian Brethren in reverencing the memory of the ancient
Craftsmen who labored in the Mother Country in the days of long
ago.
Four and a half pages of fine print are taken up recording the
Fraternal Dead in this Grand Lodge. One of these departed
Brethren was Past Grand Master James K. Kerr.
COLORADO, 1918
58th Annual Denver September 17-18
L. D. Crain, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Charles H. Jacobson, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Clarence M. Kellogg, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
Preceding the Proceedings of the annual communication are the
minutes of eight special communications as follows: At Canon
City, November 26, 1917, to conduct Masonic funeral of Past
Grand Master James Hamilton Peabody; at Las Animas, Janu-
ary 4, 1918, to dedicate Masonic Temple; at Colorado Springs,
January 30, 1918, to conduct Masonic funeral of Past Grand Mas-
ter George D. Kennedy; at Eaton, February 23, 1918, to lay corner
stone of a high school in the neighboring town of Grover; at Glen-
wood Springs, April 6, 1918, to lay corner stone of a Federal build-
ing; at Haxtun, June 10, 1918, to lay corner stone of a high school;
at Sterling, same day, to lay corner stone of a high school; and
at Brush, September 7, 1918, to lay corner stone of a high school.
A beautiful and patriotic ceremony marked the annual com-
munication of this Grand Lodge when the flags of the Allied coun-
tries, in the war then being waged, were formally received into
the hall and received and “saluted with the Grand Honors of
Masonry.”
At the roll-call of Grand Representatives of other Grand
Lodges near The Grand Lodge of Colorado, Past Grand Master
Joseph W. Milsom answered for North Carolina.
A good deal of charitable work, in connection with the war, was
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done by The Grand Lodge of Colorado, and several Grand Lodge
officers wei'e in overseas service. More than eight hundred Colo-
rado Masons were in the military and naval service. In view of
the fact that The Grand Lodge of Colorado has never seen fit to
extend fraternal recognition to Grand Lodges in France, Italy,
etc., it seems to us peculiar that the Grand Master should over-
rule the action — or inaction — of his Grand Lodge by issuing an
edict, in part saying:
“I, therefore, exercising the authority vested in me as Grand
Master of Masons in Colorado, do declare the prohibition upon the
right of visitation imposed by this Grand Lodge be, and the same
hereby is, modified, in so far as to permit our Brethren to hold
Masonic intercourse with the Masons of their Allies and to visit
any of their Lodges.”
This part of the Grand Master’s address was referred to the
Committee on Correspondence, which reported its approval of this
action, and the Grand Lodge adopted the said committee’s report.
Whatever may have been the previous attitude of The Grand
Lodge of Colorado, this action now extends recognition to France,
Italy, etc., though in a rather indirect way.
The Committee on Necrology reported that 279 Colorado Ma-
sons had died during the year. One of these departed Brethren
was the M.'.W.' -James Hamilton Peabody, Past Grand Master, and
former Governor of Colorado. Another Past Grand Master who
answered death’s roll-call was the M-'-W-’-George D. Kennedy.
With this volume of Colorado Proceedings the work of a de-
parted Brother, as reviewer of Foreign Correspondence for a
third of a century, is taken up by a new committee (Bro. Stanley
C. Warner, chairman) which says:
“It is with much trepidation that we take up the pen that has
fallen from the hand of our beloved Brother Greenleaf, that mas-
ter of Masonic lore, that learned Masonic writer, that sweet-
voiced Masonic poet, who for thirty-three years has annually in
these reports presented to the Craft in Colorado a resume of the
work of our Sister Grand Lodges.”
No one would suspect, in view of the excellence of these Re-
views, that they are the work of a beginner.
CONNECTICUT, 1918
130th Annual Hartford February 6-7
Leonard J. Nickerson, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
George A. Kies, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
William F. English, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
In addition to the minutes of this annual communication are
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the pi'oceedings of four emergent communications at Washing-
ton, Conn., May 19, 1917, to lay corner stone of an Episcopal
Church; at New Canaan, May 23, 1917, to dedicate Masonic tem-
ple; at Westport, July 12, 1917, to place final piece of mason-work
in new bridge; and at Rockville, on July 14, 1917, to lay corner
stone of new U. S. Post-office.
At the annual communication eleven Past Grand Masters were
present, as was also Bro. Eugene A. Hall, Grand Representative
of The Grand Lodge of North Carolina near The Grand Lodge of
Connecticut.
Several notable members of the Craft in Connecticut passed
away during the year. One was the M-'-W-*. James McCormick, the
oldest Past Grand Master. “He was a noble soul and his kindly
manner and genial presence will long be remembered,” declares
Grand Master Nickerson. Another loss sustained was that of
Past Grand Chaplain Frederick D. Buckley, a noted theologian,
orator, and Masonic enthusiast, who was Rector of Trinity Church
at Waterbury.
An account of the activities and future prospects of the George
Washington Masonic National Memorial Association at Alexan-
dria, Va., is given by the Grand Master, who strongly commends
that patriotic undertaking to the encouragement and support of
the Craft in Connecticut.
A large number of dispensations — 77 in all — was granted by
the Grand Master, but none for unusual causes. Nine applications
for dispensations the Grand Master declined to grant.
Numerous and expensive, but much needed, improvements are
planned for the Masonic Home at Wallingford. When a sufficient
amount is raised to cover expenses it is purposed to put up fire-
proof structures to replace frame buildings.
Beginning a half-page discussion of the subject, Grand Master
Nickerson says: “The ‘chain letter’ is a nuisance.”’ So say we
all.
The “Roll of Honor,” giving names of Connecticut Masons in
the military and naval service, foots up the creditable total of
over one thousand.
CUBA, 1918
59th Annual Havana June 24
Francisco Sanchez Curbelo, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Jose Marti, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Grand Master re-elected, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
These Proceedings are in Spanish but are accompanied by
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translations of the annual address of the Grand Master and the
annual report of the Grand Secretary.
In the list of Grand Representatives of The Grand Lodge of
Cuba near other Grand Jurisdictions we note the name of Bro. IT.
E. Thompson, appointed December 7, 1917, for North Carolina.
Under the head of Masonic Temple we are told by the Grand
Master: “The special behavior of the legislature in our country
has stopped the efforts we were making to obtain a proper city lot
to build in it our Masonic Temple.” We hope the legislature will
improve its obstructive “behavior,” and let the good work go on.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba has a fine Masonic Library which is
expanding in size and usefulness as time goes on.
A number of celebrations and festivals were held during the
year by the Masons of Cuba. The 200th anniversary of the foun-
dation of The Grand Lodge of England was observed with fitting
ceremonies.
The Grand Lodge of Panama and the Grand Lodge of the
Philippine Islands were formally recognized by The Grand Lodge
of Cuba during the course of the year.
There are 106 Lodges on the roll of The Grand Lodge of Cuba.
The loss by death, from all the Cuban Lodges, was 58. February
15th, in each year, was set apart as a Masonic memorial day or
“Day of Mourning.”
DELAWARE, 1917
Not received.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1917
Not received.
ENGLAND, 1917-’18
London, June 23-24, 1917; April 24, and June 5, 1918.
The Duke of Connaught, &c., Grand Master, 1917-1918, 1918-
1919.
P. Colville Smith, Grand Secretary, 1918-1919, vice Sir Ed-
ward Letchworth, Deceased.
The full Proceedings of this, the greatest Grand Lodge of all
the world, are not in hand, but we are glad to have the following:
Especial communication at Royal Albert Hall, London, June 23,
1917, to celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of the forma-
tion of The Grand Lodge of England; especial Grand Lodge, at
same place, June 24, 1917, being a continuation of same celebra-
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tion; annual communication (or “Annual Grand Festival”), Free-
masons’ Hall, London, April 24, 1918; and quarterly communica-
tion, Kingsway Hall, June 5, 1918.
The especial communication, June 23, 1917, was presided over
by II. R. H. The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, &c., &e., Grand
Master, son of the late Queen Victoria and uncle of the present
King. The Duke has patriotically weeded out the German titles
formerly attached to his name, so that he is no longer Duke of
Saxony and Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. In common with
the rest of the Royal House, his German surname has been
changed to the good old English name of Windsor. In presiding
over this communication the Grand Master used the gavel— or
“maul” — of Sir Christopher Wren.
There were present distinguished delegations from the Grand
Lodges of Scotland and Ireland, headed by their Grand Masters;
also deputations from many far-away British dominions.
A notable feature of this communication was a message from
the civilian prisoners of war interned at Ruhleben, Germany, con-
veying their greetings and good wishes to the Grand Lodge and
the Craft in general. The message was signed by Bro. Percy C.
Hull, Deputy Grand Organist.
In the minutes of this communication is much valuable his-
torical information concerning the formation of The Grand Lodge
of England in 1717 and its subsequent history.
Many were the professions of loyalty voiced at this meeting,
and a letter from King George was received, in which His Majesty
said: “The traditional loyalty of British Freemasonry is a force
upon which the sovereign of this country has ever reckoned, and
has been to me a proud memory during the anxious years through
which we are passing.”
The pamphlet relative to the communication of June 24, 1917,
is chiefly a printed Liturgy used in a religious service commemor-
ating the bi-centennial. Included in it is an address by the Lord
Bishop of Birmingham, who said in part:
“It is undoubted that upon our country and Empire will fall
graver and grander responsibilities than they have ever yet ex-
perienced. Other lands will look to us, as they have never done
before, for leadership. The world has realized that, in 1914, in-
stead of a decadent England, we had a crouching but living people,
needing rousing, undoubtedly, but still as capable as ever of the
noblest sacrifices. To that people all eyes will turn when the vic-
tory has been won. It is then that we shall have to be especially
careful. It is too often the case that great periods of activity are
followed by an unworthy lethargy, and the nation has been so
stirred to its depths that I can well imagine how many people will
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be inclined to rest upon their oars, and become slack in effort.
But God forbid that they should be so after this great time.”
At the “Annual Grand Festival,” April 24, 1918, Grand Mas-
ter The Duke of Connaught referred to some of his recent travels,
saying :
“I can bring the best reports of the Grand Lodges of the Sou-
dan and Egypt. To me it was a special edification, as Grand Mas-
ter of English Freemasonry, to have been able to visit Jerusalem
and other places so deeply connected with the history of the Craft.
Believe me, Brethren, that our presence in the Holy ‘ Land is
warmly welcomed by the inhabitants, and I hope it may be pro-
ductive of lasting good. I rejoice to hear, and I desire to thank
the Brethren for the splendid manner in which they are continuing
to support the Charities. I take, as you know, a very deep inter-
est in our War Hospital, and I am happy to think that the good
work that was begun two or three years ago, continues unabated
and that we are able to show our fellow-countrymen that we mem-
bers of the Craft are staunch and earnest supporters of anything
that may minimize the great sufferings produced by this lamenta-
ble war. Brethren, I am very glad to learn that Freemasons have
agreed to take over, at the request of the Red Cross Society and
with the approval of the Bishop of London, Fulham Palace for
hospital purposes.”
Fulham Palace, the seat of the Lord Bishop of London, was
placed at the disposal of the Grand Lodge by that eminent prelate
and zealous Mason, and was used for the Freemasons’ War Hos-
pital, doing an immense amount of good to the wounded and suf-
fering.
The minutes of the quarterly communication of June 5, 1918,
are mostly taken up with the doings of the Board of General Pur-
poses— important in themselves but not of general interest outside
of the jurisdiction of The Grand Lodge of England.
FLORIDA, 1918
89th Annual Jacksonville January 15-16
Appelles S. York, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Wilber P. Webster, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
T. Picton Warlow, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
The minutes of two special communications of this Grand
Lodge are included in the Proceedings recorded in this volume: at
Clearwater, November 15, 1917, to lay corner stone of Court
House; and at Daytona, June 21, 1917, to conduct the Masonic
funeral of Past Grand Master James Carnell. Another special
communication (minutes not given) was held at Kissimee, April
17, 1917, to lay corner stone of a Baptist Church.
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Among the deaths sustained by this Grand Lodge during the
year were those of Past Grand Master Samuel Pasco, former
United States Senator, and the aforementioned Past Grand Master
James Carnell. The eminent Brother last named had also held
high offices in the Grand Chapter, the Grand Council, and Grand
Commandery, all of which sent delegations to the funeral services.
At the annual communication, Grand Master William M.
Thompson, of New Jersey, and Past Grand Master J. W. Hanan,
of Indiana, were formally introduced to the assembled Brethren
and welcomed with the honors due their rank.
Twenty-seven dispensations to elect officers, and 89 dispensa-
tions to ballot and confer degrees out of time, were issued by the
Grand Master — the latter dispensations being largely for the ac-
commodation of Masons going into the military or naval service.
Fourteen requests for dispensations were refused.
Among the edicts promulgated by the Grand Master (April 5,
1917) the following is worthy of emphasis:
“It is gross unmasonic conduct for a Mason to distribute busi-
ness cards having on the -back thereof a parody on the subject of
Masonry, or a piece of doggerel tending to make light of any of the
Masonic lectures or ceremonies. The Masonic ceremonies are too
sacred and beautiful to be lightly treated and ridiculed.”
The Grand Master also declares that it is improper to send
out the chain-letter “Masonic prayer” of “ancient origin.” Right
now we see the hoodoo end of this “prayer” heading in the direc-
tion of Grand Master York. Can’t some Brother get him the left
hind foot of a graveyard rabbit to keep it off?
Virtual recognition of Masonic bodies, not affiliated with here-
tofore was extended by the adoption of the following resolution:
“Resolved, That individual Masons, members of Lodges under
the jurisdiction of The Grand Lodge of Florida, may visit Lodges
under the jurisdiction of The Grand Lodge of France and the Scot-
tish Rite Lodges in countries outside of the United States where
the Scottish Rite is the dominant Rite, and be it
“Resolved further, That members from Scottish Rite Lodges,
from countries where only the Scottish Rite prevails, may be re-
ceived as visitors in Lodges holding under The Grand Lodge of
Florida, provided they can prove themselves Masons in good
standing.”
In this volume is published an eloquent and readable address
by Past Grand Master Hanan, of Indiana. We fear, however, that
this eminent Brother lets his reverence for the memory of Presi-
dent Lincoln over-ride accuracy when he incidentally refers to the
late President as one “who possessed a profound knowledge of re-
ligion.” In the Life of Lincoln, by his ardent admirers Herndon
and Weik — the former his law partner — we are told:
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“He [Lincoln] prepared an extended essay — called by many, a
book — in which he made an argument against Christianity, striv-
ing to prove that the Bible was not inspired, and therefore not
God’s revelation, and that Jesus Christ was not the son of God.
* * * He soon removed to Springfield, where he attracted con-
siderable notice by his rank doctrine.” (Herndon and Weik’s Life
of Lincoln, 1896 edition, Yol. II., pp. 149-150.)
The same writers quote a gentleman who, in his youth, had been
employed in the office of the clerk of the county court, and who
said of Lincoln:
“He would come into the clerk’s office where I and some young
men were writing and staying, would bring the Bible with him;
would read a chapter and argue against it.”
John T. Stuart, Lincoln’s first law partner, is quoted in the
same work as saying:
“He was an avowed and open infidel, * * * and went
further against Christian beliefs and doctrines than any man I
ever heard; he shocked me.”
A letter written in 1865 by Lincoln’s private secretary (and
subsequent biographer) John G. Nicolay is likewise given in this
volume, and says:
“Mr. Lincoln did not, to my knowledge, in any way change his
religious ideas, opinions, or beliefs, from the time he left Spring-
field to the day of his death.”
Finally Mrs. Lincoln (who certainly was in a position to know)
is quoted as follows:
“Mr. Lincoln had no faith and no hope, in the usual accepta-
tion of those words. He never joined a Church; but still, as I be-
lieve, he was a religious man by nature.”
So we fear that Past Grand Master Hanan’s idea of Lincoln’s
“profound knowledge of religion” is somewhat twisted. It was
certainly not the kind of religious knowledge which our Fraternity
would wish to see disseminated as long as the Holy Bible remains
one of the Great Lights of Masonry.
We have already referred to the loss sustained by The Grand
Lodge of Florida when Past Grand Masters Pasco and Carnell
were called to rest. Two hundred Brethren in all passed away
during the year.
In the conclusion of his review of Foreign Correspondence,
Past Grand Master Silas B. Wright continues his interesting his-
torical notes, to which we alluded in our last year’s review of the
Florida Proceedings of 1917. As we stated in that review, the
original minutes of Unanimity Lodge, now No. 7, at Edenton,
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(which I have personally examined), show that Joseph Hewes,
signer of the Declaration of Independence, was a Mason, as he is
recorded as a visitor to that Lodge on St. John the Evangelist’s
Day (Deeceniber 27th) 1776. We would like to see his name
added to Brother Wright’s list of Masonic “signers.”
GEORGIA, 1917
131st Annual Macon October 30-31
Frank 0. Miller, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
Frank F. Baker, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
William G. England, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
A patriotic service, including a formal presentation of the
United States flag to the Grand Lodge, with eloquent addresses,
preceded the regular business of this annual communication. The
flag was borne up the aisle by Bro. Raymund Daniel, under the
escort of two Confederate veterans, Past Grand Masters James
W. Taylor and Henry Banks. In presenting the flag, Brother
Dunn said:
“There was a time — God keep its memory white — when Geor-
gia Masons fought beneath another flag; when the South poured
out its chivalry in blood. There are those of you out there who
gave the most you had; and I know that if you were called again
today, you would close up your thin but heroic ranks, and to the
tunes of Dixie Land charge again with your old rebel yell for the
Stars and Stripes forever. And if we, your sons, may not know
just how to fight, here are Uncle Jimmie Taylor and Uncle Henry
Banks, who, though they marched beneath the old Confederate
flag, will lead anew under the unfurled folds of Old Glory.
“Today the drums’ long rolls are sounding throughout our
Craft. Our Brethren are answering their country’s call. Some
have sailed across the seas; others are sleeping where the roar of
cannon and the din of battle are hushed forever — God rest them in
their sleep!
“But as long as Masonic hands shall uphold this flag, as long
as Masonic lips shall fashion the tenets of the Order, as long as
Masons shall battle for the right, even so long shall this banner
wave above the battlements of imperishable victory.”
In a speech accepting the flag, Past Grand Master Taylor told
of a questionnaire he had filled out for the Government to the fol-
lowing effect:
Q. — Where did you receive your education, and year?
A. — Atlanta Medical College, 1858; State University, Augusta,
1860.
Q. — Have you had any military hospital service?
A.- — Not since the Civil War.
Q. — What is your age?
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A. — Eighty-four years.
Q. — Will you serve, if called by the Government?
A. — I will.
Like all other Grand Masters, Brother Miller had to answer
several hundred Brethren, who — for some unaccountable reason —
preferred shooting inquiries through the mail to looking in the
Code for the information they desired.
Among the Grand Representatives of The Grand Lodge of
Georgia near other Grand Lodges we note that Past Master Caleb
D. Bradham, of St. John’s Lodge, No. 3, at New Bern, is appointed
for The Grand Lodge of North Carolina.
The Grand Lodge of Georgia lost 649 members by death during
the year. There were no Grand Lodge officers in this number. A
number of special communications — or “occasional” communica-
tions, as they are called in Georgia — were held to lay corner
stones. Eight or ten corner stones were Masonically laid during
the year.
On May 23, 1917, a disastrous fire swept Atlanta, the property
loss aggregating four or five millions. Grand Master Kessling, of
California, wired offer of assistance to the Georgia Masons, to
which Grand Master Miller replied: “With hearts full of grati-
tude, the Masons of Georgia, and more especially of Atlanta,
thank you sincerely for sympathy and offer of pecuniary assist-
ance. The situation is being met all right here at home.”
The Grand Master referred to the Scottish Rite Hospital, in
Atlanta, for the treatment of crippled children, and urged the
Brethren to encourage its work.
Past Grand Chaplain H. R. Coleman, of Kentucky, was a visi-
tor at this annual communication, and conveyed the fraternal
greetings of his Grand Lodge to the Brethren in Georgia.
IDAHO, 1918
51st Annual Moscow September 10-12
Sherman M. Coffin, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
George E. Knepper, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Andrew Lounsbury, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected.
Some months before the annual communication met, a special
communication was held at the town of Kellogg, October 2, 1917,
to lay the corner stone of a Methodist Church.
Among the rulings by the Grand Master, in response to ques-
tions, is the following:
“Question: A young man, who will not be twenty-one until
next January, desires to petition for the degrees in Masonry. He
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will be away in college all winter, and will be in the next draft,,
and would like to become a Mason before going away to serve his
country. Is there any way in which you could give us a dispensa-
tion to act upon his petition at this time, and, if elected, give him
the degrees?
“Answer: One must be of lawful age to be eligible to petition
for the degrees of Masonry. There is no reason, however, why the
young man should not make out his petition, sign it the day he is
twenty-one, and send it to your Lodge; if elected, I can arrange
to have the degrees conferred upon him, wherever he may be, in
England, France, or in any of the Grand Jurisdictions of
America.”
An undertaker at Rigby, Idaho, having essayed to advertise his
business by having “A. F. & A. M.” printed on his card, the Grand
Master lost no time in having the said letters “deled,” as the cen-
sors would say.
In the course of his address, Grand Master Coffin recommended
closer relations with Masonic Grand Lodges in Europe — with
which Idaho was not in fraternal relations- — including the two
French bodies known as The Grand Orient of France and The
Grand Lodge of France. This part of the Grand Master’s address
being referred to the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, that
committee said:
“It is not the intention of this committee to enter into a de-
tailed discussion of the merits or demerits of the Grand Orient of
France. Suffice it to say that, in 1869, this body invaded the juris-
diction of The Grand Lodge of Louisiana, which caused all Ameri-
can Lodges to declare non-intercourse with the Grand Orient.
There is another reason for pronouncing this body of so-called
Masons illegitimate and clandestine. In 1877, a belief in God was
eliminated from its Constitution, and at the same time the Bible
was removed from its altars.
“The Grand Lodge of France became an independent Masonic
body in 1895 and severed its relations with the Supreme Council
of Scottish Rite in 1904. The only point against the recognition of
the Grand Lodge is that it does not require a belief in Deity.”
This report was adopted as read.
The report of the Committee on Necrology shows that 57
Brethren, under the jurisdiction of The Grand Lodge of Idaho,
died during the year.
The “Roll of Honor,” published in this volume, gives the names,
of 334 Idaho Masons who had gone into the military or naval ser-
vice of the United States.
A good review of the North Carolina Proceedings is written by
Bro. George E. Knepper, who quotes freely from the address of
Grand Master Pridgen and “is very much impressed with the sin-
cerity of the man and his lofty patriotism” — a reasonable and ac-
curate estimate.
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ILLINOIS, 1917
78th Annual Chicago October 9-11
Ralph H. Wheeler, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
Isaac Cutter, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
Austin H. Scrogin, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
At the beginning of these Proceedings a pretty ceremony took
place when the flags of the United States, England, and France
were displayed and patriotically applauded. Resolutions were
passed pledging the loyalty of the Craft in the conduct of the war
then being waged, these resolutions concluding with the words:
“Loyalty to God and to country is a dominant note in all the
teachings of Freemasonry. As the representatives of the one hun-
dred and sixty thousand members of the fraternity in Illinois, we
pledge renewed fealty to our Masonic obligations which recognizes
no compromise with treason.”
Copies of these resolutions were forwarded by wire to Presi-
dent Wilson, who sent an appreciative acknowledgment.
“This government was in the main conceived by Masons, and
this government can always depend upon the Masons to defend
it,” declared Grand Master Wheeler in his address wherein he
stated that over ten thousand Illinois Masons had taken up arms
and that more were preparing to follow.
In all, 1,872 Masons of this Grand Jurisdiction died during the
year. Included in this list was Past Grand Master Albert B.
Ashley. This patriotic Mason was a native of Massachusetts.
During the War Between the States he served first in the United
States Navy on the steam frigate Mississippi, one of the officers
of that ship being Lieutenant George Dewey, later Admiral.
Afterwards Brother Ashley was transferred to the army and in
that branch of the service rose to the rank of captain. Referring
to his death, Grand Master Wheeler declared:
“In Brother Ashley’s demise we have lost not only a man of
sterling worth and of splendid character, but one of the greatest
exponents of Masonry, and particularly of its ritual, that we have
ever known.”
The Grand Master also records the death of Bro. Edward
Wood Peterson, saying:
“He was prepared in his heart to be a Mason. He was always
enlisted with the Brethren who had for their object the doing of
good to each other, and particularly doing good to those who were
unfortunate and needed assistance. To know him was to love him
and to be his friend. * * * He was a member of the Masonic
Board of Relief of Chicago from its inception in 1904, and was its
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first Vice-President for nearly all of that time. He was appointed
a member of the Finance Committee of this Grand Lodge in 1915,
which position he held at the time of his death. He received a
commission of Grand Lecturer in 1902, and was re-commissioned
each year until his death.”
During the year six corner stones were laid with Grand Lodge
ceremonies: three Masonic temples, a public school building, a
public library, and a United States postoffice building. Eight com-
pleted Masonic temples were formally dedicated, and eleven
Lodges were constituted.
On the recommendation of Grand Master Wheeler, of Illinois,
the Grand Master of North Carolina appointed Past Master
Robert C. Fletcher, of LaGrange Lodge, No. 770, to be Grand Rep-
resentative of The Grand Lodge of North Carolina near The Grand
Lodge of Illinois, vice Grand Master-elect Austin H. Scrogin, re-
signed.
The Grand Master made eighty-odd visitations to Lodges in
Illinois, and paid several official visits to neighboring Grand
Jurisdictions.
The Masonic Homes and other charities of this Grand Lodge
are in a flourishing condition, and even better things will come
their way in the future when plans now being made are carried
out.
His Excellency the Governor of Illinois, Masonically known as
Bro. Frank 0. Lowden, was a visitor to this annual communica-
tion, and was elected an honorary member of the Grand Lodge —
the first time such an honor was ever conferred in Illinois.
The Masonic Temples, whose pictures adorn this volume of
Proceedings, are so beautiful that one wishes he could “flee as a
bird,” or an aviator, to Illinois and circle around until he had seen
them all.
INDIANA, 1918
97th Annual Indianapolis May 28-29
Elba R. Branigin, Gravel Master, 1917-1918.
Calvin W. Prather, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Thomas B. Bohon, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
Nine corner stones were laid during the year; and two Masonic
Temples — one at Terre Haute and one at Vincennes — were dedi-
cated. Four Lodges were constituted.
The preliminary address by Brother Funkhouser, Worshipful
Master of Reed Lodge, No. 316, contains some “straight talk,” well
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worthy of the perusal and thoughtful consideration of patriotic
Americans. He said :
“We have developed a crop of wild-eyed I. W. W.’s, bewhiskered
Bolsheviki, and dirty-faced anarchists. We have suffered the Rus-
sians to colonize little Russias, the Italians little Italys, and the
Germans little Germanys. While living under the protection of
American institutions they have remained foreigners to all intents
and purposes. It is said there are more Germans in New York
than in any other city in the world, excepting only the city of
Berlin.”
The same address contained a prophecy, since fulfilled, concern-
ing a certain “industry,” when it says: “Budweiser and Pilsner
and Goldblume will go out with the German brewery.”
In Grand Master Branigan’s annual address he felicitates the
Brethren over the fact that no officer of the Grand Lodge was
called away by death during the year. There were 1,090 deaths
among the Brethren of this Grand Lodge during the same length
of time.
The Grand Lodge adopted a resolution permitting its members
to fraternize with Masons under the jurisdiction of Grand
Lodges in Continental Europe with which Indiana had no fra-
ternal relations, but this permission was to remain in force only
for the period of the war. A “Roll of Honor,” containing the
names of many hundreds of Indiana Masons in the military and
naval service, is published in this volume.
IOWA, 1918
75th Annual Ottumwa June 11-12
John W. Barry, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Newton R. Parvin, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
George L. Schoonover, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
Public ceremonies preceded the formal opening of the Grand
Lodge, and these included an address of welcome by the Rev.
Bro. Frank Day and a response by Past Grand Master Thomas
Arthur. Following these was a rendition of the Star Spangled
Banner. Those not members of the Fraternity then retired from
the hall and the Grand Lodge was opened in Ample Form.
A full and clear discussion of the question of the legitimacy of
French Masonry is contained in the address of Grand Master
Barry, and may be studied with profit by those wishing to master
the subject. We regret that we have not room for the whole dis-
cussion. The Special Committee on the Recognition of Grand
Bodies went the Grand Master “one better” and recommended that
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The Grand Lodge of France and The Grand Orient of France both
be recognized, which was done.
All Lodges in Iowa, except six, were contributors to an emer-
gency war fund which aggregated nearly $15,000. The Grand
Lodge invested $22,500 in Liberty Bonds.
Among the dispensations issued by the Grand Master was one
empowering two Lodges to confer degrees at a Sunday communi-
cation on soldiers under overseas orders, and who could not get
them unless this departure from the rule as to Sunday work was
made. All will agree that this case bore a close enough re-
semblance to the Ox in a Pit to justify the departure from the
general rule by way of covering the emergency.
The Grand Master recommends that four dollars be made the
minimum of annual dues.
The Grand Army of the Republic being in session at the time
this Grand Lodge met, greetings to the veterans were sent by
Grand Master Barry, who wired:
“The Masons of Iowa, in Grand Lodge assembled, extend con-
gratulations to the Grand Army of the Republic in their present
meeting at Des Moines, and join in wishing long continued pros-
perity for your organization and the country for which you offered
your lives.”
To this came the appreciative acknowledgment:
“No greetings outside our order have so touched the hearts of
our comrades as those from the Grand Body of Masons for whom
you speak in patriotic reverence. We hail you as brothers.”
The Right Worshipful Lafayette Young, Sr., Past Senior
Grand Warden, delivered an address on war conditions in Europe
“from the standpoint of an actual observer on the ground.” This
speech was a scathing denunciation of Germany and domestic
traitors in America. On another topic, along the same line, he
said:
“I am here to declare that Germany is the most over-estimated
country in the world; overestimated in intelligence and in charac-
ter and in every other desirable quality. I am here to denounce
German efficiency as not being true. The average man thinks Ger-
man;/ is skillful in the mechanical arts. In a small way there is
some foundation for this. In a large way it is untrue. Germany
has not made an important invention since Gutenberg invented
movable type in 1444, about fifty years before Columbus dis-
covered America. The cotton gin, the shuttle loom, the spinning
jenny, all agricultural machinery, all milling machinery, all ma-
chinery used in the great printing industry were invented by
Americans. This is also true of the magnetic telegraph, the tele-
phone, electric light, talking machine, the submarine, airplane,
the turbine wheel, and many hundreds of other inventions which
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have affected the world. In literature Germany has not fur-
nished one character approaching the name of Shakespeare. Ger-
many boasts of music, not a line of which was written by a Prus-
sian. Germany has convinced the people of Amei'ica that her coun-
try is the home of music, and we have paid to Germany many
millions of our money. Germany has done enough in the direction
of wrongs to the United States to cause our people to suspect her
in every direction. The rapes, ruins, and murders which the Prus-
sians have committed ought to cause us to refuse all relationship
with the Prussian empire for at least fifty years if not for all
time.”
Five Lodge halls were destroyed by fire during the year, and
one changed its location. Twelve emergent communications of
the Grand Lodge were held.
Patriotic Iowa Masons, too numerous to count, are enrolled on
the Honor Roll of those who enlisted to fight Germany in the late
war.
The Iowa Masonic Library, the greatest institution of its kind
in America, and probably in the world, continues to prosper and
grow. It is a Mecca for Masonic students from far distant Grand
Jurisdictions as well as from Iowa.
The Iowa review of Foreign Correspondence is the most elab-
orate we have seen, and is prepared by Past Grand Master Louis
Block, who devotes five complimentary pages to the workings of
The Grand Lodge of North Carolina.
IRELAND, 1917
Annual Dublin December 27
The Earl of Donoughmore, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
Lord Plunket, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
Grand Master re-elected, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
These Proceedings — or “Annual Report” — are very brief, cov-
ering less than sixty pages.
The Deputy Grand Master, Sir Charles A. Cameron, presided
in the absence of the Grand Master, Lord Donoughmore, who had
been called to India on business of state, and who sent apologies
and regrets for his absence.
Like all speeches in that time of distressing uncertainty — now,
happily, passed — Deputy Grand Master Cameron’s address was
taken up largely with a discussion of the war. Concerning
America’s entry, he said:
“The wars of this country [Great Britain] for several centuries
past have all been successful wars with one solitary exception, and
that was when we were defeated by people of our own race, the in-
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habitants of the North American Colonies. Those colonies fought
for us in times before their independence was secured. They
fought for us in the conquest of Canada, and in the expeditions
against the various Indian tribes. Now, happily, the great Eng-
lish-speaking Republic is united with the English-speaking Empire
for the purpose of carrying this war to a successful issue. The
enormous numbers of the inhabitants of the United States and
their enormous pecuniary resources enable us to speak with al-
most certainty as to the final victory which will crown our united
efforts. On two former occasions I ventured the hope that before
the succeeding St. John’s Day the awful struggle would have been
closed with victory to our arms. Hope now, with me at all events,
is changed into absolute certainty, for I verily believe, and I am
sure you believe also, that with the assistance of our great Eng-
lish-speaking Allies, with their countless numbers and great re-
sources, that this war will certainly be terminated victoriously to
our cause before our next St. John’s Day comes round.”
Thanks to a just God, these hopes were realized before the
Feast of St. John the Evangelist was again celebrated.
A full account is given of the distinguished delegation which
represented The Grand Lodge of Ireland at the celebration of the
bi-centennial of The Grand Lodge of England at London, June 23,
1917. The Grand Master of The Grand Lodge of England, H. R.
H. the Duke of Connaught, is also Grand Master of the Knights
Templar of Ireland. He warmly welcomed the Irish delegation,
which was headed by the Grand Master, Lord Donoughmore.
In memory of a great Masonic scholar, the Chetwood Crawley
Library has been founded, for Masonic study and reference, and
is housed in the Freemasons’ Hall at Dublin.
KANSAS, 1918
62d Annual Topeka February 20-21
Charles E. Lobdell, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Albert K. Wilson, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
William I. Stuart, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
This annual communication was held in the hall of the House
of Representatives in the State Capitol.
Owing to weakness incident to an attack of illness, Grand Mas-
ter Lobdell called upon Deputy Grand Master (now Grand Mas-
ter) Stuart to preside over the first day’s session. Later the
Grand Master resumed his station and delivered his address in
person.
At a cost of more than $107,000 the Grand Lodge has built and
equipped a Masonic Temple, of which the Grand Master says:
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“It is a magnificent structure, symbolic of Masonic art, sim-
plicity, and thoroughness; should be a source of gratification to us,
and is sure to be one of the cherished institutions of Kansas Ma-
sonry, and a proud monument to the Masons of these two years,
long after we who were privileged to contribute to its erection
shall be individually forgotten.”
At the 1917 annual communication of The Grand Lodge of Kan-
sas, much distress was felt at the then recent destruction, by fire,
of the Masonic Home. Since then, through the generosity of indi-
vidual contributors, a larger, handsomer, and better equipped
structure has replaced the old one. This new Home, says Grand
Master Lobdell, will be “a blessing to generations yet unborn, and
an evidence to the world that Masonic charity is not an empty
pretence.”
The year’s Necrology contains the names of three Past Grand
Masters, the Most Worshipful Brothers Bestor Gaston Brown, J.
Jay Buck and Charles Henry Chandler. The fame of these emi-
nent Craftsmen extended far beyond their own Grand Jurisdiction
in the various branches and activities of Masonry. Of Brother
Brown the Committee on Necrology truly says: “His distin-
guished services to the Craft won for him an official record too
voluminous to recount in detail.” The same committee says of
Brother Buck: “For many years he served faithfully and well in
the several Masonic bodies of his home town, and always re-
sponded readily when called upon for advice and assistance, quali-
ties with which his broad experience as a lawyer and jurist par-
ticularly fitted him.” Brother Chandler was an eminent architect
and “a profound and intelligent student of the history and tradi-
tions of each of the various branches of Masonry with which he
was identified, and was devotedly attached to the underlying
principles upon which each was founded.” In addition to these
three eminent members of the Fraternity, there were quite a
number of other Brethren who, though of less exalted rank, will
be sorely missed.
Nine or ten corner stones were laid, under Grand Lodge au-
thority, during the course of the year, and four new Lodges were
constituted. Request for dispensation to establish a Military
Lodge was refused.
Past Master John C. Ketcheson, the “Grand Old Printer” of
Kansas, who was putting his fifteenth consecutive volume of
Grand Lodge Proceedings through the press at the time of his
death, was a loss of more than ordinary weight. His successor,
whoever he may be, we fear is not up to his standard, as he prints
Past Grand Master Andrews, of North Carolina, as “Grand Mas-
ter A. B. Daniels, Jr.” North Carolina has one Daniels (Josephus
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by name) who, though not a Mason, has probably been heard of
by our Brethren in Kansas as the head of a Navy at first declared
to be too weak to fight a Sunday-school excursion boat, but which
later had the temerity to disobey the Kaiser’s order to get out of
his ocean, and then took across the Atlantic about two million men
without losing a single soldier.
KENTUCKY, 1917
117tii Annual Louisville October 16-18
James M. Saunders, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
Dave Jackson, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
Earl W. Weathers, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
Before the regular routine work of this Grand Lodge began, a
handsome United States flag was presented to that body by Bro.
Isaac T. Woodson.
Grand Master Saunders answered about 1,500 letters, and
makes the general — but too well justified— complaint that much
of this great labor would be saved if the Brethren would only take
the trouble to read the Constitution and Regulations of the Grand
Lodge.
In recording losses by death, the Grand Master says: “I have
stood at the open grave of three Past Grand Masters — W. H.
Meffert, James W. Hopper, and Howard R. French.” Brothers
Meffert and Hopper were native Kentuckians, and Brother French
was by birth a Virginian. All were Masons whose lives reflected
honor upon the Order. In all, there were 637 deaths in The Grand
Lodge of Kentucky during the year.
The Grand Lodge appointed a committee of five to carry out
a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the establishment of our
Mother Grand Lodge of England.. The committee did not choose
a big city as the place wherein to celebrate but selected Crab
Orchard Springs, in the center of the State. Then the Masons
of Kentucky received a message saying: “Come, and leave your
pocket books at home.” They came, they saw, they gobbled. Re-
ferring to it, Grand Master Saunders says:
“Thousands of people gathered from all parts of the State to
join in what was a most successful, largely-attended and delight-
ful old-fashioned Kentucky picnic, with dinner, music, speech, and
song. Your committee made it not only a great Masonic celebra-
tion, but a brilliant patriotic demonstration as well. This com-
mittee of five put the Grand Lodge celebration in the very center
of the State, with railroads and turnpikes extending from it into
all parts of the Commonwealth, in reach of Masons not only of the
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city, but of the country, and made it the biggest thing of the kind
ever held in Kentucky.”
Why, oh why, didn’t we know about this before it happened?
If walking was good, we would have paid our first visit to Ken-
tucky and enjoyed ourself after the manner of one who (as we are
told by the poet) attended an occasion somewhat similar:
“There was a young man so benighted,
He never knew when he was slighted;
He went to a party, and ate just as hearty
As if he had been invited.”
During the progress of the year, several Army Lodges were
organized under dispensations from The Grand Lodge of Ken-
tucky.
The edict of non-intercourse issued against The Grand Orient
of France by The Grand Lodge of Kentucky in 1869, was with-
drawn at this annual communication.
Twenty pages in these Proceedings are required to give the
names of patriotic Masons of Kentucky who were enlisted in the
military and naval forces of America in the war then existing.
The Masonic Widows’ and Orphans’ Home and Infirmary, of
which an illustration is given in this volume, is depicted as a spa-
cious and magnificent structure which would reflect credit upon
and Grand Lodge.
LOUISIANA.
170th Annual New Orleans February 4-6
John W. Armstrong, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
John A. Davilla, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
George A. Treadwell, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
Past Grand Master Charles F. Buck and Grand Lecturer Wil-
liam M. Baker, who died during the year preceding this annual
communication, were the subjects of handsome eulogies pro-
nounced before the Grand Lodge by Past Grand Master L. E.
Thomas and Past Master James T. Sailes. The total loss by death
was 225.
Among the official rulings of the Grand Master we note the fol-
lowing :
“Brother E. G. Blakewood, the Senior Warden of Atchafalays
Lodge, No. 163, propounded the following: If a young man born
outside the bonds of wedlock, who had lived from the cradle up a
moral, and, to all appearances, a Christian life, can we accept his
petition for the degree of Freemasonry, it being assumed that the
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parents afterwards were united in the holy bonds of marriage, and
lived and endeavored to lead good Christian lives, and reared a
family in a creditable manner.
“I ruled : That inasmuch as this Grand Lodge is working under
the Ancient Charges, we cannot accept any but those who are de-
scended from honest parents, and one that is born out of wedlock
is not descended from honest parents.”
This seems to us “a hard sentence.” A similar question was
brought up in North Carolina several years ago, when Grand
Master Andrews held: “The Masonic Order looks to a man’s
moral character and not his antecedents, and only requires he
must be a man of good character and standing in the community.”
Numerous dispensations were issued by the Grand Master to
confer degrees out of time upon soldiers bound for the war, but all
other requests for waiver of time were refused.
Louisiana Masons are expected to roost high; for, when
Fordoche Lodge, No. 292, asked a dispensation to erect a building
and “work on the ground floor, as they did not have funds enough
to build a two-story building,” the request was refused. ■ This
Masonic law relative to Lodge architecture is a “new one” on us,
but may be necessary to prevent the approach of cowans and
eavesdroppers.
Four corner stones were laid under Grand Lodge auspices —
two Masonic Temples, one Federal building, and one Presbyterian
Church. A number .of Lodges were dedicated and consecrated,
and other interesting functions and celebrations were indulged in
for the good of the Craft and the edification of its members. In
company with Grand Secretary Davilla, Grand Master Armstrong-
paid fraternal visits to the Grand Lodges of Texas and Arkan-
sas.
As the casus belli between Masonic Grand Lodges in America
and those of France is partly due to a former invasion of the
Grand Jurisdiction of Louisiana by charters from France to
Lodges there, the concluding passages of Grand Master Arm-
strong’s discussion of Masonic relations with France has addi-
tional force. He says:
“As a great many Grand Lodges in America have submitted,
through resolutions, a modus vivendi between American and
French Masons permitting unrestricted fraternization with the
members of the several Grand Bodies of France, let us go a step
further, being true to ourselves and to the institution of which we
are members, and resume, once and for all, free and fraternal in-
tercourse with The Grand Orient and The Grand Lodge of France,
leaving time and results to prove the rectitude of our line of ac-
tion.”
During the year the Grand Master was forced to threaten dis-
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ciplinary measures against several Louisiana Lodges for accepting
candidates belonging to The Grand Lodge of Mississippi.
MAINE, 1918
99th Annual Portland May 7-9
Waldo Pettengill, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Stephen Berry, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Silas H. Adams, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Charles B. Davis, Grand Secretary, 1918.
The loss by death, during the year, was 608. Among this num-
ber was Past Grand Master Augustus Bowman Farnham, born
in 1839, died in 1918, and Grand Master 1895-1896. Aside from
his creditable Masonic record, he had served with honor in the
Union Army during the War Between the States, being badly
wounded at the Battle of Five Forks and rising to the rank of In-
spector General and Chief of Staff of the Third Division. After
the war he was postmaster of Bangor for twenty years, and Ad-
jutant General of the State from 1902 to 1909. A memorial of
him prepared by Past Grand Master Hugh R. Chaplin says:
“Colonel Farham was an intense American. He believed that
under a form of government, such as ours, parties are a necessity;
that you cannot have parties without organization; that you can-
not have organization without leaders. Therefore he was a strong
party man, and in his section of the State he was one of the lead-
ers. He never hesitated to criticise when he believed criticism was
called for, but he never shot a poisoned arrow, and he never lost
the respect of those of the opposite party.”
During the progress of the late war the Grand Master of Maine
was one of those who took a stand against the policy of chartering
Military Lodges.
In 1870 The Grand Lodge of Maine severed fraternal relations
with The Grand Orient of France in consequence of invasion, by
said Grand Orient, of the Grand Jurisdiction of Louisiana. As the
Grand Orient no longer alleges jurisdiction over Lodges in Louis-
iana, a resolution was offered to rescind the former action of The
Grand Lodge of Maine and to open up once more fraternal rela-
tions with France. After passing through the hands of several
committees, it was decided to postpone action until the next Grand
Lodge.
A message was sent President Wilson pledging the support
of Maine Masons in the prosecution of the war, and this message
brought forth a warm acknowledgment from the President.
On May 5, 1920, The Grand Lodge of Maine will celebrate its
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centennial, the ceremonies to take place in the city of Portland,
and to include “the three essentials — good music, an oration, and
a historical address.”
MANITOBA, 1918
43d Annual Winnipeg June 12
Percy E. Kellett, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
James A. Ovas, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Edward T. Greenway, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
Much of the Grand Master’s annual address is taken up with
a discussion of the war — since victoriously ended. In part he
says:
“During the past year 40 members of our Lodges have made
the supreme sacrifice for country and liberty in the great war.
Words cannot express the debt of gratitude we owe them. The
barbarian threatens our very existence as a free people. Reason
and Righteousness must be forced upon him that the foundation
may be laid for the brotherhood of man. The soldiers died battling
for that brotherhood which Freemasonry has for its ideal. We
have ample reason, then, to cherish their memory. The glory they
acquired will always live. To their dear ones we would extend
our deepest sympathy, and, where necessary, may we be privileged
to give counsel and assistance.”
Among the Brethren of this Grand Lodge who came to a peace-
ful end of life’s journey, in their own homes, far from the battle-
fields of Europe, were two Past Grand Masters, the M-’-W-'-
George W. Baker and the M-’-W.’-John McKechnie. Both were
Masons of long standing, whose services, to the Craft had been
valuable and varied, and whose presence will be sorely missed.
On June 24, 1917, The Grand Lodge of Manitoba celebrated the
200th anniversity of the establishment of The Grand Lodge of
England, and exchanged felicitations by cable with the English
Grand Lodge, then in session, for a similar purpose, in London.
Though Manitoba is a British Province, the first Lodge operating
within its borders worked under a charter from The Grand Lodge
of Minnesota.
Grand Master Kellett paid official visitations to eight Distract
Meetings, and was unofficially present at two other meetings of
the same character. Fifteen visits to Lodges were also paid.
Telegraphic messages of greetings and fraternal good will
were received from the Grand Lodges of Iowa and Saskatchewan,
and both were acknowledged with appreciative thanks.
A “Bi-Centenary Fund,” for charitable uses, is being raised in
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commemoration of the two hundred years of Grand Lodge exist-
ence in the Masonry of England.
The Committee on Foreign Correspondence does not make up
its reports by Grand Lodges but “does it all up under one trouble”
by a discussion of the workings of Masonry throughout the world.
MARYLAND, 1917
131st Annual Baltimore November 20-21
Thomas J. Shryock, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
George Cook, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
Grand Master re-elected, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
This volume is made up of the Proceedings of the semi-annual
communication in May, and the annual communication in No-
vember, A. D. 1917; also a special communication in May.
In Maryland the Grand Lodge is opened by the Deputy Grand
Master, after which the Grand Master is ceremoniously escorted
into the Hall. This form prevailed, as usual, at the two commu-
nications above mentioned.
A fund, designated the Baltimore Fund, was raised in the city
for which It was named, to aid the dependents of soldiers and
sailors who were engaged in the war then raging. The Grand
Lodge added $1,500 to this amount. More than twenty thousand
dollars was added by Masonic bodies and individual Brethren.
Many committee reports were read, important to the Craft in
Maryland but not of interest outside of that Grand Jurisdiction.
A special communication of The Grand Lodge of Maryland
was held in Baltimore on May 30, 1917, for the purpose of laying
the corner stone of the Maryland State College of Agriculture,
located at College Park, Maryland.
At the annual communication a distinguished visitor was in-
troduced in the person of Brigadier-General James Douglas Mc-
Lachlan, Past Grand Sword Bearer of The Grand Lodge of Scot-
land, Proxy District Grand Master of Jamaica, Member of the
Grand Committee of The Grand Lodge of Scotland, Grand Rep-
resentative of The Grand Lodge of Florida near The Grand Lodge
of Scotland, and Military Attache of His Britannic Majesty’s Em-
bassy in the city of Washington. This distinguished soldier and
Mason delivered an address replete with Masonry and patriotism.
In the course of his remarks he said:
“I am, as you have heard, a Scottish Freemason and a member
of The Grand Lodge of Scotland. I have always been a keen sup-
porter of the principles and tenets of Freemasonry, and I have
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always tried to assist in the good work done by Freemasonry in
such widely separated places as China, India, South Africa, the
West Indies, and the United States, as well as in England and
Scotland. I tell you this with no idea of self-glorification but
merely to show you that I have always tried to take an active
part in Freemasonry, and that to be deprived of opportunities of
Masonic intercourse with my Brethren is to me a real loss.”
General McLachlan then dwelt at some length on English and
American co-operation in the war, and “ties formed by a common
hatred of tyranny and a common love of liberty.”
One interesting incident at this annual communication was a
gift from Grand Master Shryock of a handsome bronze bust of
George Washington, clad in his Master’s regalia. The address of
presentation, on behalf of the donor, was made by Past Master
William F. Broening, of Washington Lodge, No. 3. An illustra-
tion of the bust accompanies this address.
MASSACHUSETTS, 1917
184th Annual Boston December 12
Leon Martin Abbott, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
Frederick W. Hamilton, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
Grand Master re-elected, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
This volume includes the minutes of four quarterly communi-
cations, March 16th, June 13th, September 12th, and December
12th (annual) ; of eight special communications, March 17th,
May 1st, May 8th, June 21st, September 27th, October 4th, No-
vember 14th, and December 18th; one “Deputy Grand Lodge” (at
Cristobal, Canal Zone), February 1st; and one stated communica-
tion, December 27th:
At the quarterly communication of March 14, 1917, Grand
Master Abbott announced the death of Past District Deputy
Grand Masters Marion V. Putnam, Charles E. Corey, and Francis
Pope, and paid handsome tributes to their characters as men and
Masons.
At the beginning of the minutes of the annual communication
(December 12th) we find a memorial of the R-'.W.'-Moses Cawley
Plummer, Deputy Grand Master, who had died on the 8th of Oc-
tober, 1917. He belonged to all of the Masonic bodies, in both the
York Rite and Scottish Rite, and held the 33d degree in the latter.
Other deaths recorded (among the total loss of 1,243) were Past
Deputy Grand Master J. Gilman Waite, Past Senior Grand War-
den George C. Thacher, and Past Junior Grand Wardens Walter
F. Medding and Henry G. Jordan. Another death recorded was
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that of the R.'.W.'. George Alonzo Derby, Past District Deputy
Grand Master of The Grand Lodge of the District of China, under
The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts from 1905 till 1909, and an ac-
tive worker in all branches of Masonry — both York Rite and
Scottish Rite. Under the Grand Jurisdiction of Massachusetts
are 255 chartered Lodges in Massachusetts, 4 in China, 3 in Chile,
and 5 in the Canal Zone. Under the Massachusetts Jurisdiction,
working by dispensation, are 3 Lodges in Massachusetts and 2 in
the Canal Zone.
Upon receipt of news of the great disaster occurring at Hali-
fax, N. S., when the powder ship exploded, the Grand Master
wired to the stricken city to draw on The Grand Lodge of Massa-
chusetts for one thousand dollars for relief work. A large amount
of general war relief woi’k was done by The Grand Lodge of Mas-
sachusetts.
This volume contains several historical discourses delivered in
connection with celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the estab-
lishment of The Grand Lodge of England. There is also in the
volume a memoir of the RAW-'. and Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris;
and also a lecture on the Anti-Masonic excitement following the
alleged abduction of Morgan — the latter delivered by Bro. Emery
Grimes.
MICHIGAN, 1918
74th Annual Grand Rapids May 28-29
Louis H. Fead, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Lon B. Winsor, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Hugh A. McPherson, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
Before the regular business of this annual communication be-
gan, the assembled company sang the Star Spangled Banner. An
address of welcome was delivered by His Honor Mayor Gallemeyer,
of the city of Grand Rapids, and Grand Master Fead responded.
The R.'.W. '-Bro. B. W. Pullinger, Past Grand Chaplain of
The Grand Lodge of Saskatchewan, was formally introduced as a
visitor, received with Grand Honors, and escorted to a seat in the
East.
Death robbed Michigan of no Grand Lodge officer during the
year, but a number of Brethren were called from subordinate
Lodges to the extent of 1,346.
Corner stones were laid, with Masonic rites, for a Methodist
Church, at Yale, June 20, 1917; a Federal building, at Dowagiac,
June 30, 1917; a Memorial Library at Belding, July 12, 1917; and
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a Federal building, at Charlotte, September 3, 1917. A number of
Masonic buildings, halls, etc., were dedicated. Twenty-nine official
visitations were paid by the Grand Master during the year.
Under the head of “New Lodges,” Grand Master Fead says:
“October 12th, 1917, I refused a dispensation for a new Lodge
in the city of Detroit, proposed under the name of Algonquin
Lodge. This Lodge was opposed by practically all of the Lodges
in Detroit and, it appeared to me, was desired more to gratify a
personal ambition than because of the necessity for a Lodge.”
Well there now! When a Brother’s own Lodge is unreasonable
enough to keep him out of the Master’s chair, what is he going to
do if the Grand Master will not let him “start something” in the
way of a new Lodge? “It’s a sad story, mates.”
Unlike usage in North Carolina and a good many other Grand
Lodges, no Military Lodge could be established under The Grand
Lodge of Michigan, as the Grand Master made a ruling which
said:
“The Grand Master has no authority to grant a dispensation
to a Military Lodge. Only the Grand Lodge can change the usual
jurisdictional rules and 'authorize a roving jurisdiction.”
A great deal of space in this volume is devoted to war-work,
and the splendid service being rendered by Michigan Masons in the
troublous times then existing. In the matter of personal service
in the Army and Navy, a magnificent record was made by the
Brethren in this Grand Lodge, as 5,200 were reported as having
donned the uniform of our country in the war then existing.
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial Associa-
tion was given the space and commendation its importance de-
served in this volume.
“The Masonic Home at Alma is excellently managed, kept
scrupulously clean, and the residents are comfortable,” begins the
report which tells of the excellent and satisfactory conditions ex-
isting at that institution.
One of the sanest discussions of Masonic Study we have ever
seen is in the Grand Master’s address in this volume. Alluding to
the complaint that Masons are not interested in the study side of
the Order, he says:
“While the condition is existent and deplorable, the Brethren
are not entirely to blame. Most Masonic books and articles are
profound and unmeaning, or dry and uninteresting, or grandilo-
quent and inexact. * * * * My own experience has been
that the Brethren everywhere are greedy for Masonic knowledge
and information, if clearly presented.”
If there were just some way to weed out all the fool fables
which often render ridiculous the noble Order of Masonry, it
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would be better for the standing of the Fraternity. No fault
should be found with the allegorical teachings included, but when
orators of supposed intelligence gravely tell the gullible multitude
at Masonic picnics and on other public occasions that Masonic
Lodges were in operation before the Deluge, that our present
Ritual has been handed down from the days of King Solomon,
that there has never been a President of the United States who
was not a Mason, that all Signers of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence and all Generals in the Army of the Revolution were
Masons, except Benedict Arnold (who by the bye, was a Mason)
it is enough to make an Egyptian mummy laugh. The writer once
heard a much traveled visiting Brother seriously declare in a
Lodge in Raleigh that he had visited Lodges in India which had
records running back six thousand years — in other words, these
Lodges worked many centuries before Adam and Eve were created.
Ananias and Baron Munchausen were paragons of veracity if com-
pared with that Brother.
MINNESOTA, 1918
65th Annual St. Paul January 16-17
Albert Berg, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
John Fisher, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
William N. Kendrick, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
A patriotic touch marked the beginning of this annual commu-
nication when the assembled Brethren arose in a body and united
in singing “America.”
Like many other Grand Lodges, the one in Minnesota has been
struck by the chain-letter epidemic, and the Grand Master issued
a circular on April 12, 1917, cautioning the Brethren against this
humbug.
Several special or “occasional” communications were held
during the year to constitute Lodges, and one was held to lay a
corner stone. The corner stone laying ceremony marked the be-
ginning of building a new Masonic Temple at the town of Mar-
shall, July 26, 1917.
The first Lodge at Winnipeg, in the Canadian Province of
Manitoba, was Northern Light Lodge, which was established
under dispensation in 1863 and chartered in 1867 by The Grand
Lodge of Minnesota. When a Grand Lodge was established in
Manitoba, Northern Light Lodge (by Minnesota’s relinquishment)
became a part of it. In 1917 The Grand Lodge of Manitoba cele-
brated its semi-centennial, and asked Minnesota to send a Repre-
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sentative. Past Grand Master Alfred G. Pinkham was sent ac-
cordingly, who reported in glowing terms the courtesies and honors
bestowed upon him as Minnesota’s Representative. In this report,
Brother Pinkham said: “As I rose to deliver my address, a splen-
did double quartette sang the Star Spangled Banner, every one
present standing at attention.”
Grand Master Pinkham not only represented Minnesota at the
semi-centennial in Manitoba, but also at the annual meeting of
the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association
in Alexandria, Va., February 22, 1917.
Interesting references are found in this volume to war welfare
work, the bi-centenary of The Grand Lodge of England, Masonic
study and research, making Masons at sight, and Military Lodges.
Concerning the last two points Grand Master Berg says:
“I have been importuned, in person and by letter, to make
Masons at Sight and been sounded out on the prospect for Dispen-
sation for the establishment of a Military Lodge. I have refused
all. Our Fraternity is founded upon Laws, Principles and Poli-
cies established and promulgated by the Founders.”
He then cites some precedents, during the War Between the
States, on the subject of Military Lodges. His views on Military
Lodges were sustained by the Committee on Ancient Landmarks;
and that committee commented as follows, relative to the making
of Masons at Sight:
“While ‘the Making of Masons at Sight’ is a prerogative' be-
longing to the office of Grand Master and one, it would seem, of
which he cannot be deprived, it is doubtful whether it should be
exercised except in the most extraordinary cases and the most
pressing circumstances, because of the great loss sustained by one
receiving the degrees in such manner. Cases are on record where
such Masons have expressed a deep regret at not having received
the degrees in the usual manner. Your committee feel that this
prerogative should seldom be exercised and only when the cus-
tomary procedure seems impossible.”
Bro. Harry R. Gearhart was the Grand Orator at this annual
communication and delivered a forceful and patriotic discourse.
No officers of The Grand Lodge of Minnesota died during the
year, but subordinate Lodges were called upon to mourn the
deaths of 423 Brethren.
Not received.
MISSISSIPPI, 1918
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MISSOURI, 1917
97th Annual St. Louis September 18-19
Edward Higbee, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
John R. Parson, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
William A. Clark, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
At the beginning of this volume is a biographical sketch and
portrait of Grand Master Higbee, born in Ohio of Pennsylvania
parentage, but an honored resident of Missouri for about fifty
years.
On September 18th, before the Grand Lodge was opened, a con-
cert by the children of the Orphans’ Home was given — the selec-
tions being nearly altogether of a patriotic nature.
Speaking of this Orphanage, the Missouri Reviewer of Foreign
Correspondence has a laugh on our North Carolina review, pub-
lished in the 1917 Proceedings, whei’ein it is stated that the Mis-
souri Orphanage was in process of construction; and adds that, if
we could see the magnificent buildings on Delmar Avenue, we
would doubtless realize that the Orphanage in question was fully
completed. All right, Brother Woods, we retract, recant, apolo-
gize, and back-peddle, and will do whatever is needful in the way
of penance for our former unbelief. On a page of your Proceed-
ings you not only give us a pictured view of a part of the buildings,
but also show us a group of the occupants, which is still more
beautiful to behold.
On the first day of its session, the Grand Lodge sent President
Wilson a telegram, pledging him the assistance of Missouri’s 70,-
000 Masons in carrying on the war, and expressing hope for an
early and victorious peace. This brought forth an appreciative
acknowledgment from the President.
Distinguished visitors at this annual communication were
Grand Master Ralph Wheeler and Grand Secretary Isaac Cutter
of Illinois, Past Grand Master Frank E. Whitaker of Iowa, and
Grand Master J. S. Reamy of Arkansas. These eminent Brethren
were formally escorted into the Hall of the Grand Lodge and
warmly welcomed.
What Grand Master Higbee, in his annual address, says about
Masonry’s part in the American Revolution, is in a general way
true, but when he says “General Joseph Warren, Grand Master of
Massachusetts, and a band of Freemasons, disguised as Indians,
enacted the Boston Tea Party,” etc., we think his history is as
badly mixed as was the tea in question after being dumped into
the salt water of Boston Harbor. If Grand Master Warren (who
bravely died in battle at a later period) had anything whatever
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to do with the Boston Tea Party, his biographers have failed to
recoi’d it, and history is equally silent about those concerned in the
affair being “a band of Freemasons.” We also fear that Grand
Master Higbee would have some trouble in proving that “the Fed-
eral Constitutional Convention, with four exceptions, were Ma-
sons,” though there were undoubtedly many Masons in that body.
Some pages in the Grand Master’s address are given to a dis-
cussion of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial
Association and the great enterprise it has in hand.
The bi-centenary of The Grand Lodge of England was inter-
estingly observed, with fine Masonic addresses by Bro. A. M.
Dockery (former Governor of Missouri), Bro. E. Combie Smith,
and the M.'.W. '.William F. Kuhn, Past Grand Master. A hand-
somely engrossed message of congratulations was sent to The
Grand Lodge of England, this being signed by the Grand Master
and attested by the Grand Secretary under the seal of the Grand
Lodge.
On page 174 we find a brief item, inconspicuously printed in
small type, which should be given more prominence, for we are
sure it breaks the record of the Masonic world. It is as follows:
“Alton Lodge, No. 255, reports ‘one member who was 98 years old
last August, and who drives his own team eighteen miles to attend
the Lodge meetings.’ ”
A little over one thousand Masons, under the jurisdiction of
The Grand Lodge of Missouri, died during the year, one of these
being Past Grand Master Campbell Wells, of whom Grand Master
Higbee said:
“Probably no Brother has been of more real value or had more
admirers than Campbell Wells. His pleasant disposition, his will-
ingness to help others, his desire to serve any one who needed as-
sistance, endeared him to all. No labor was too great for him to
undertake, if it were in his power to accomplish some good thereby.
He gave freely of his time and means to the Masonic Fraternity.
His wide experience and good judgment were very valuable to the
Masonic Bodies of which he was a member, and it will be difficult
to fill his place.”
Missouri Lodge, No. 1, in this Grand Jurisdiction, was one hun-
dred years old in October, 1916, and celebrated its centennial on
the 4th and 5th of that month. It is a grand-daughter of North
Carolina, having received its charter from Tennessee, which had
been chartered by The Grand Lodge of North Carolina.
Not received.
MONTANA, 1917
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NEBRASKA, 1918
Not received.
NEVADA, 1918
54th Annual Tonopah June 11-12
Thomas Lindsay, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Edward D. Vanderlieth, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Walter E. Pratt, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919
Quite a number of special communications are included in this
volume, these being: at the town of Sparks, July 21, 1917 to
lay corner stone of High School; at Reno, July 24, 1917, to con-
duct funeral of Past Grand Master William McMillan; at Elko,
August 27, 1917, to lay corner stone of High School; at Las Vegas,
October 20, 1917, to lay corner stone of High School ; at Reno, No-
vember 5, 1917, to lay corner stone of Baptist Church ; and at Gold-
field, February 14, 1918, to dedicate Masonic Temple.
At the afternoon session of the first day, patriotic ceremonies
became the order of the day, and a flag presentation took place,
this being a memorial of a deceased Grand Master, the M-'-W-'.
Bro. Trenmor Coffin, and of his son, Bro. Trenmor Coffin, Jr., also
deceased.
The Grand Secretary read the Roll of Honor, containing the
names of Craftsmen who were then enlisted in the fight for world
freedom. This roll is given on pages 160-164.
Another roll, read by the Grand Secretary, contained the names
of Brethren who had died during the year, 38 in number. Of one
of these the Grand Master said:
“The ranks of this Grand Lodge have sustained a great loss in
the passing of Past Grand Master William McMillan, who in July
last was called from this transitory life to his eternal home be-
yond the veil. His kindly and familiar countenance, his warm
greeting and genial manner, his just and valued counsel, and his
ever willingness to serve the Craft, are but a few of his sterling
qualifications as an upright man and Mason, which endeared him
to the hearts of all who knew him. May we who survive him
profit by and emulate his high ideals.”
In the appointment of Grand Representatives we note that
Bro. R. L. Brown, of Oxford, N. C., is appointed Grand Repre-
sentative of The Grand Lodge of Nevada near The Grand Lodge
of North Carolina. We can assure our Brethren in Nevada that
they are worthily represented.
A number of visitations were made by Grand Master Lindsay
during the year, work and pleasure being happily combined in the
course of his itinerary.
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Opening his remarks under the head of Conditions of the
Craft, the Grand Master says:
“Peace and harmony prevail within our jurisdiction, which
means much to our Institution, particularly at this time when our
Nation needs such united and undivided support. This is no time
for trivial differences. Remember our country comes next to our
God.”
If any proof were needed of the Grand Master’s allusion to the
peace and harmony of matters within the Craft we could find it,
under the head of Decisions, on the next page: “I have not found
it necessary to pass upon any matter of sufficient importance to
record as a decision.”
Despite our personal fondness for Grand Orator F. C. Hard-
ing, of North Carolina, and our admiration for his legal and Ma-
sonic acquirements, we are impelled to agree with the Nevada Re-
viewer of Foreign Correspondence when he says:
“Grand Orator Harding delivered an address on the origin of
Masonry, and showed himself to be one of the school that trace its
existence back to 3,000 years before the building of King Solo-
mon’s Temple. There is another class who hark back to the
Garden of Eden. Masonry is ancient enough without such claims,
and a record of noble deeds and faithful service in lifting men up
counts infinitely more than antiquity. If Masonry writes its name
in kindness, love and mercy on the hearts of men, and lets the
light of truth shine forth, fearlessly, steadily and undeviatingly, it
never will be forgotten, and with such a record, in God’s sight,
what matters antiquity? The stars in the heavens are ancient,
but good deeds shine brighter.”
As to why we do not generally feel called upon to pit our
opinion against the rulings by Grand Masters, etc., we refer the
Nevada Reviewer to our remarks in the review of Alabama, in
the present volume.
NEW BRUNSWICK, 1918
51st Annual St. John April 23-24
Daniel C. Clark, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
J. Twining H.artt, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Grand Master re-elected, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
The earlier part of this volume consists of a religious service
commemorating the semi-centennial of The Grand Lodge of New
Brunswick. A part of this service was a sermon by the Grand
Chaplain, the Ven. Archdeacon Crowfoot, from the text Where
the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty. After these services a
special communication was convened, when some further services
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were held in observance of the semi-centennial. This religious ob-
servance and the special communication took place on the 22d day
of January, 1918, several months before the annual communication
was held.
The annual communication convened on April 23-24, 1918, in
Freemasons Hall, in the city of St. John.
The Grand Lodge of New Brunswick lost 23 by death during
the year. Some of these were men who had rendered notable ser-
vice to the Craft and had received high official honors therein.
One of these was Past Grand Master William Wedderburn, who
was a Mason of more than fifty years’ standing; who had been
Deputy Grand Master of The Grand Lodge of New Brunswick at
the time of its organization, and later became Grand Master. In
recording his death Grand Master Clark says: “Brother Wed-
derburn will be long remembered as a fluent speaker, orator, and
lecturer, and on many public and private occasions commanded
the close attention of his auditors by eloquent and ornate deliver-
ances.”
The opening passages of the Grand Master’s address were
taken up with a discussion of the war. In common with all good
Christians on this side of the Atlantic and many more in Europe,
he prayed for a victorious peace, and this prayer has since been
answered.
NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1918
129th Annual Concord May 15
Abraham L. Garmon, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Harry M. Cheney, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Eugene S. Head, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
Preceding the minutes of the annual communication are those
of the semi-annual communication, held December 27, 1917, and
the Lodge of Instruction, April 8, 1918.
At the semi-annual communication, the assembled Brethren
had the pleasure of welcoming Grand Master David A. Elliott,
and Past Grand Master Olin W. Daley, of Vermont, who came to
pay a fraternal visit and were received with the high honors due
their rank. Another interesting incident at this meeting is re-
corded as follows:
“A most notable incident of the semi-annual was the presence
of Bro. Luther Walker Paul as a representative of Libanus Lodge,
No. 49, of Somersworth. Brother Paul, it was announced, was to
observe the one-hundredth anniversary of his birth in forty-eight
hours. The venerable brother was requested by the M. W. Grand
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Master to arise. After being introduced to the Grand Lodge by
order of the M. W. Grand Master, he was received with the Private
Grand Honors.”
At the beginning of Grand Master Garmon’s address before
the annual communication, he paid a tribute to four departed
Brethren, these being Past Grand Master Solon Augustus Carter,
and Past District Deputy Grand Masters Ephraim Frank
Boomer, Josiah Lafayette Seward, and Winfield Scott Stetson.
Brother Seward was a Congregational clergyman, holding the de-
gree of Doctor of Divinity from Colby College; Brother Boomer
was engaged in the mill business; Brother Carter was engaged
in various industrial pursuits, and made an honorable military
record during the War Between the States; and Brother Stetson
was a machinist. All were good men, useful citizens, and active
workers in the Fraternity.
During the year the Grand Master issued sixty-one dispensa-
tions, 55 of these allowing Lodges to ballot or confer degrees out of
time upon soldiers going to the war. Numerous requests were
made for Lodges outside of New Hampshire to confer degrees on
troops from that State absent therefrom in the service. One of
these was made for Phalanx Lodge, No. 31, Charlotte, N. C., to
confer the three degrees upon Herbert H. Rouse in behalf of
Washington Lodge, No. 41, of Manchester, N. H.
By order of this Grand Lodge a Roll of Honor, containing
names of members in military and naval service, was compiled.
Dui’ing the annual communication, a service flag was brought into
the Hall and received with Private Grand Honors.
Many pages of this volume are devoted to the war work, State
and National, in which the Grand Lodge was then engaged.
NEW JERSEY, 1918
131st Annual Trenton April 17-18
William M. Thompson, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Isaac Cherry, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Herbert C. Rorick, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
Six special or emergent communications of this Grand Lodge
were held as follows: at Jersey City, May 7, 1917, to constitute
a Lodge; at Grantwood, May 19, 1917, to lay corner stone of a
Masonic Temple; at South Orange, May 26, 1917, to constitute a
Lodge; at East Orange, same day, to constitute a Lodge; at Ridge-
field Park, May 30, 1917, to lay corner stone of a High School; at
Newark, June 2, 1917, to constitute a Lodge; at same place on
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same day, to constitute another Lodge; and at Collingswood, to
constitute a Lodge.
Most encouraging are the reports on various aspects of the
Craft, contained in the annual address of Grand Master Thomp-
son, who informs us that New Jersey’s Masonic increase in mem-
bership had been greater than in any previous year, and that (as
far as he was able to observe) the high standard of manhood and
citizenship, for which the Fraternity strives, had been fully main-
tained.
During his term the Grand Master paid official visits to two
sister Grand Lodges at their annual communications — Delaware,
October 3, 1917, and Florida, January 15-16, 1918 — and gives
glowing accounts of the reception accorded him at both. He also
paid 47 visits to Lodges in his own Grand Jurisdiction.
The Masonic Home is reported in a satisfactory condition,
with no discordant elements therein.
New Jersey Masons in the military or naval service then num-
bered 2,033. More forcibly to keep these absent Brethren in mind,
and as an evidence of Masonry’s loyalty to America in the war
then raging, a handsome service flag was introduced into the
Grand Lodge Hall, at this annual communication, as was also the
national flag.
Past Grand Master Walter Chandler, Grand Representative
of The Grand Lodge of Maryland near The Grand Lodge of New
Jersey, formally announced the death of Grand Master Thomas J.
Shryock, of Maryland, and, on motion, the Grand Secretary was
instructed to send a letter of condolence to the bereaved Grand
Lodge.
Among the appointments made during the year was that of
Bro. A. R. Morgan, Grand Representative of The Grand Lodge of
North Carolina near The Grand Lodge of New Jersey.
In accordance with a recommendation in the Grand Master’s
annual address, endorsed and emphasized by the Committee on
Foreign Correspondence, fraternal recognition was extended to
The Grand Lodge of France — a body not to be confused with The
Grand Orient of France — the said committee’s report saying:
“In reference to The Grand Lodge of France, we cordially
recommend recognition and exchange of Representatives there-
with, and would do so even if conditions arising from the war had
not emphasized its desirability. There is no question as to its
regularity, and the sentiments expressed in the letter read to you
by the Grand Master should find reciprocal response from us.”
The letter, alluded to in this extract, was from Grand Master
Peigne of The Grand Lodge of France.
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NEW MEXICO, 1917
Not received.
NEW SOUTH WALES, 1917
29th Annual Sydney June 13
William Thompson, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
Arthur A. Bray, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
Grand Master re-elected, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
This volume is made up of four quarterly communications and
three special communications, The Grand Lodge of New South
Wales holding no meeting called the annual communication. The
officers are elected at the second special communication in June.
The dates of the meetings whose minutes are given in this
volume, are as follows: Quarterly communication, September 13,
1916; quarterly communication, December 13, 1916; quarterly
communication, March 14, 1917; special communication, June 12,
1917; special communication, June 13, 1917; and special communi-
cation July 11, 1917. All of these meetings were held in the Ma-
sonic Hall, Castlereagh street, in the city of Sydney.
Quarterly, September 13, 1916: Grand Master Thompson re-
counts a number of installations, visitations, Lodge dedications,
&c., where he was personally present. He tells us that the War
Benevolent Fund was then £5,824 — this being equivalent to about
$29,000. The number of Brethren in the service was reported to
be 1,854, and 58 had been killed in action.
Quarterly, December 13, 1916: At this communication the
War Benevolent Fund had grown to £6,156, and, at the Quarterly
of March H, 1917, it had risen to £6,220. At the latter communi-
cation there were 2,206 Masonic enrollments in the army and navy
reported, with 101 killed. A resolution was passed as follows:
“That Grand Lodge be recommended to send an address direct
to The Grand Lodge of England, congratulating that Body upon
the Bi-centenary of the foundation of that Grand Lodge, and that
the representative of this Grand Lodge in England be asked to
present same, and represent this Grand Lodge in connection with
the matter.”
At the Special Communication of June 13, 1917, the Grand
Master reported that the address mentioned in this resolution had
been handsomeely illuminated and forwarded to London. A copy
is given on page 180 of the New South Wales Proceedings.
Special, July 11, 1917: The War Fund (£15,000), the military
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enrollments (2,300), and — alas! — the list of slain (120), had all
increased to the figures indicated at this communication. By a
unanimous l’esolution the sum of £200 ($1,000) was donated to the
fund raised on France’s Day. In his address before this communi-
cation, the Grand Master, alluding to the war, said in part:
“It is said that there is nothing wholly good or evil, and even
this, the most cruel and barbarous war that has ever cursed hu-
manity, has its redeeming features. It has broken down the old
time barriers of sect, creed, and class, and has taught men to ap-
preciate the good there is in one another. It has drawn them
closer together, and has diffused a spirit of fraternal love amongst
those engaged in a great common cause. But above all, it has in-
culcated the most divine of all attributes, the spirit of self-sac-
rifice.”
Appended to this volume is the 26th Annual Report of the
Freemasons’ Benevolent Institution, for the relief of aged, dis-
tressed and infirm Freemasons, and their wives and widows. This
institution is maintained altogether by voluntary contributions.
This volume of Proceedings shows that The Grand Lodge of
New South Wales is never weary in well-doing, and we regret that
time and space do not permit us to review more in detail the Ma-
sonic activities which this volume enumerates.
NEW YORK, 1918
137th Annual New York City May 7-9
Thomas Penny, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, 1917 — (died in office).
Robert J. Kenworthy, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
William S. Farmer, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
To hold the post of Grand Master of one’s Grand Lodge and
later serve most acceptably and efficiently as Grand Secretary for
so long a period as thirty-five years, is a rare honor. Such was
the record of the M-'-W.’. Edward M. L. Ehlers, Past Grand Master,
whose active work as Grand Secretary was terminated by death
on the 28th day of May, 1917. Bi-other Ehlers was a Dane by
birth ; and, when four years old, was brought to America by his
parents, in 1844. He fought through the War Between the States
on the Union side, receiving a shell wound at Fredericksburg and
three gunshot wounds at Antietam. The brevet rank of Colonel
was given him “for gallant and meritorious services at the battles
of Fair Oaks, Gaines Mills, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, White
Oak Bridge, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, South Mountain,
Antietam, and Fredericksburg.” His Masonic career well mea-
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sured up to his splendid military record, and the highest honors in
both the York Rite and Scottish Rite bodies fell to his lot, includ-
ing the much coveted 33° in the latter branch of Masonry. Other
serious losses were sustained by New York in the death of Past
Grand Masters William A. Brodie and George Freifeld; and a
number of Brethren of scarcely less distinction in the Craft will
assemble in earthly Lodges no more.
Before the annual communication of 1918 took place, the ses-
sion of 1917 “re-convened” or held what was about equivalent to a
special communication on September 10, 1917. This special or re-
convened communication was devoted exclusively to preparing a
program for war activities, &c.
The annual communication of 1918 met in May. The atmos-
phere was filled with war, and there were many speeches. One
of the most vivid war narratives we have seen was an address de-
livered, by special invitation, before this assemblage (after a call
from labor to refreshment) by a young lady from Belgium, Miss
Suzanne Silvercruys, who was announced as “the daughter of the
Chief Justice of Belgium, the beloved ward of the Kingdom of
Belgium, who comes here today to tell us of the wrongs that des-
tiny has decreed our American boys shall right.” We regret that
we cannot give in full her narrative of Belgian valor, devotion and
duty, and patriotism, as displayed when the Hun was holding a
high carnival of unspeakable brutality, murder, pillage, and de-
vastation in the brave little country from which she hailed. Later
on in the session the Grand Lodge appropriated the sum of $5,000
for the Belgian Relief Fund, to be transmitted through Miss Sil-
vercruys.
Incomplete returns, as early as August 9, 1917, showed that
there were in the army 3,155 and in the navy 793. At the same
early date it was said: “The Fraternity in the State of New York
can claim six Generals in the army of the United States today,
* * * 24 colonels, 49 majors, 230 captains, 315 lieutenants,
1,947 privates and sub-officers, * * * in the aviation field 19
men, officers training school 104, * * * 230 in medical corps,
129 in foreign service; in the Navy 6 captains, 10 commanders, 60
lieutenants, 17 ensigns, 10 petty officers, and 686 seamen.” These
returns were even then far from complete, and grew to much
greater proportions later on. Early in 1918 the number of Ma-
sons from this Grand Lodge in the service was 5,325. In submit-
ting this figure it was said to be “woefully deficient,” and another
call to the subordinate Lodges was to be made later on. The
1919 Proceeding will give fuller returns.
Five dispensations were granted to form new Lodges, two in
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Syracuse, one in Rochester, one in Buffalo, and one in New York
City — the latter being named Edward M. L. Ehlers Lodge, in
honor of the memory of Past Grand Master and Grand Seci'etary
Ehlers, to whose recent death we have already alluded.
Though its work was more difficult than usual, owing to the
uncommon severity of the preceding winter, together with higher
running expenses, the Masonic Home at Utica was shown to be
in creditable shape.
When the town of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was wrecked by the
explosion of the powder ships, in December, 1917, and a great
amount of suffering and want was caused there, the Grand Master
of New York sent $2,500 by telegraph to the Grand Master of
Nova Scotia, with an offer to increase the amount if necessary.
As early as February, 1918, The Grand Lodge of New York
had raised a War Relief Fund amounting to $81,250, and this has
doubtless run up many thousands more since then.
An interesting address on the subject of the assumed Rosicru-
cian origin of Freemasonry was delivered by the R-'-W-'-Ossian H.
Lang, Grand Historian. Brother Lang is no stranger to the Ma-
sons of North Carolina. , He has spent many months in Raleigh,
engaged in war work, chiefly with the Tankers of the whilom
Camp Polk (a military namesake of Grand Master William Polk),
and still abides with us. We wish we had him “for keeps.”
NEW ZEALAND, 1917
Not received.
NORTH DAKOTA, 1918
29th Annual Fargo June 18-19
William J. Reynolds, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Walter L. Stockwell, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Henry G. Vick, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
A memoir and portrait in the beginning of this volume intro-
duces to our acquaintance the M-’-W-'. William J. Reynolds, Grand
Master, 1917-1918.
After the opening prayer by the chaplain, the Brethren united
in singing “America.” The national colors were then formally
introduced, and received by an escort of honor composed of four
veteran Craftsmen who had fought for the Union in the War Be-
tween the States. The account of this ceremony says:
“It was really an inspiring scene when the Stars and Stripes,
borne by a Brother in the full tide of vigor, guarded by these vet-
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eran Brethren, moved slowly forward to the strains of the Star
Spangded Banner. They halted at the altar while the first verse
of the national anthem was sung, after which the colors were car-
ried to the East to remain during the entire session, not only as a
symbol of what our beloved country stands for, but also what
Masonry stands for — Brotherhood and Democracy.”
The Grand Lodge of North Dakota lost 119 Master Masons, in-
cluding Past Deputy Grand Master William H. Gannon, one of
the organizers of the Grand Lodge nearly thirty years before.
One or more Military Lodges hold temporary charters from
this Grand Jurisdiction. One of these, when chartered, was with
the North Dakota Regiment (164th U. S. Infantry), at Camp
Greene, Charlotte, North Carolina. There were the signatures of
45 Master Masons to the petition; and, after organization of the
Lodge, the colonel of the regiment became Worshipful Master.
The Grand Lodge of North Carolina, it is needless to say, was
happy to have such a patriotic set of Craftsmen within our State
and certainly none of us thought it “an invasion of jurisdiction” —
as some Grand Masters have declared similar cases to be. If it
was an invasion, we hope our North Dakota Brethren will invade
us again on their way back home. In the Report of Foreign Cor-
respondence, the North Dakota Reviewer pays the following hand-
some tribute to our Brethren residing in the city of Charlotte:
“Before commencing the review of the proceedings of The
Grand Lodge of North Carolina, your correspondent wishes to ac-
knowledge the great kindness and unbounded hospitality extended
by the people of Charlotte to the officers and men of the First
North Dakota Regiment, later the 164th U. S. Infantry, during
their stay at Camp Greene. Its colonel, Hon. John H. Fraine, and
most of the field and line officers were Masons. They have writ-
ten home concerning the kindness of the Brethren of North Caro-
lina in general and the citizens of Charlotte in particular.
“Our thanks are extended to the loyal Americans, who opened
their hearts and homes to our North Dakota boys. Col. Fraine
and two companies of the regiment came from Grafton, the home
of your correspondent, and we of this city, as well as the people
of the whole State, feel deeply grateful for the kindness and cour-
tesy shown these brave men who are now in the trenches of France
fighting for Liberty and Democracy. Nothing proves more fully
that we of the North and you of the South are a United Nation,
with the bitterness and misunderstandings of the past forever
buried, than the spontaneous and open-hearted hospitality shown
by the people of Charlotte, North Carolina, to the soldiers of North
Dakota. God bless you all for your goodness, and may Providence
keep our boys and your boys from the supreme sacrifice, that they
may return to us and live and labor for a more splendid realization
of the institutions of Freedom, Liberty and Justice established by
the signers of the Declaration of Independence.”
The county of Divide, in North Dakota, having started the con-
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struction of a handsome new court house at the town of Crosby,
the Grand Lodge was invited to lay the corner stone on July 1,
1917. Somewhat earlier in the same year, there was laid the cor-
ner stone of a new Masonic Temple at Jamestown. On July 6,
1917, the Masonic Temple at Cooperstown was formally dedicated
with Grand Lodge ceremonies.
Hats off to the Grand Master of North Dakota for a most sen-
sible conclusion! Listen:
“During the year we have had some correspondence relative to
this institution, the full designation of which is The Mystic Order
of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm. We have also re-
ceived a visit from Mr. Edwin S. Schmid, Grand Monarch. There
has been some talk of organizing in this jurisdiction.
“While the order makes no claim to being Masonic, no one but
Master Masons can become members. Our investigation has not
been very thorough, but we are firmly convinced that there is al-
ready enough distraction in Masonry now, that no good could come
to Ancient Craft Masonry here, and there is possibility of infinite
harm. We recommend that steps be taken to restrict the introduc-
tion of this or similar organizations in this jurisdiction.”
Well said! When the beautiful system of Freemasonry, with
its impressive ceremonies and seriously wholesome teachings, is
made -the ground-work of any kind of grotesque buffoonery, it is
certain that no good can accrue to the Order; and it is little to be
wondered at that the general public regard our ceremonies as made
up of greased poles for the candidates to climb, billy-goats, and
every other species of tomfoolery that was ever conceived in the
vacant mind of a buffoon. The Committee on Jurisprudence, on
considering the Grand Master’s address, “went him one better,”
saying :
“In relation to the so-called Grotto, no Master Mason within
the jurisdiction of North Dakota may apply for or receive the de-
gree offered or conferred by the so-called Grotto or the Mystic
Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm.”
The lady librarian of the Grand Lodge Library is still doing
good work, and the institution of which she has charge is growing
in usefulness. The Grand Lodge passed a vote of thanks in recog-
nition of her work.
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NOVA SCOTIA, 1918
53d Annual Halifax June 12
Donald Fisher Fraser, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Thomas Mowbray, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
John Hay, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
James C. Jones, Grand Secretary, 1918-1919.
Brief minutes of two special communications are given in this
volume: one at Aylesford, on January 7, 1918, to lay corner stone
of a Masonic Temple; and one at Truro, on February 13, 1918, to
conduct funeral of Past Grand Master Luther Brocette Archibald.
Before the annual communication was opened, a religious ser-
vice was held in St. Paul’s Church, this including a sermon by the
Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge.
At the annual communication, the Grand Secretary, Brother
Mowbray, was absent on account of ill health. His post was filled
by Brother Jones, Assistant Grand Secretary, who later succeeded
him as Grand Secretary. Brother Jones is also Reviewer of For-
eign Correspondence.
One of the most fearful, most stunning, disasters in the history
of America occurred on December 6, 1917, when the powder ship
explosion, in the harbor of Nova Scotia’s capital city of Halifax,
wrecked that city and caused an appalling loss of life. Seventeen
Masons were killed, as were also forty-eight members of the im-
mediate families of Masons. The following reference to this
catastrophe is from the Grand Master’s address before the annual
communication of 1918:
“It is not possible to make any reference to the terrible disaster
that befell this fair city, on the morning of December 6th, without
recalling too many harrowing scenes and awakening sad memories.
Incidents were experienced, more distressing, we are told, than
those seen on the field of carnage in the most frightful of modern
European battles. It was the work of an instant. To the people of
this city, in the act of preparing for a busy day, came the crushing
roar of the terrible explosion and then the deadly silence that fol-
lowed. The deed was overwhelming. Fifteen hundred precious
souls had been hurled into eternity and thrice the number injured.
That man’s ingenuity could concentrate such power was astound-
ing; that by any combination of circumstances such pent up power
could be loosed at such time and in such a place is incomprehen-
sible. The result was the most horrible that ever befell any com-
munity on the American continent. A wild outburst of the storm-
ing elements in the days that immediately followed added appall-
ing wretchedness and untold suffering. Horrible memories will
ever remain with those who were near. The great measure of re-
lief so promptly afforded the people of the stricken city will long
stand out as a beautiful example of the good that is1 in us all. And
in this regard I would in particular refer to the nature of the Ma-
sonic relief.
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“Hardly had the echo of the cause of the catastrophe died
away, when offers of the most generous assistance and relief were
promptly tendered from Sister Grand Lodges, as well as Subordi-
nate Lodges and individual members of the Fraternity. The sym-
pathetic hand of Masonry was instantly and voluntarily stretched
toward those in distress, it was a truly benevolent hand and was
not empty. Through this splendid fraternal spirit willing workers
were at once in a position to render the much needed assistance.
The administration of this relief was entrusted to the energetic
Assistant Grand Secretary, and immediately associated with him
on the committee were R. W. Bro. James Halliday and W. Brother
Bentley. They had powers to call to their assistance any they
might wish and they were well supported in their labours. I have
every belief that all that could be done under the trying circum-
stances and in the face of the chaos and confusion that was in-
evitable was done.
“At a later date I summoned a meeting of the Masters of the
Lodges in Halifax, and as many of the heads of concordant Orders
as could be reached, and to them the Assistant Grand Secretary
submitted a report which was received with the outspoken satis-
faction. A further report will be tabled at this meeting of Grand
Lodge and you will be asked to give it your consideration. Not
only to the Assistant Grand Secretary, but to Miss Mowbray, the
daughter of our revered Grand Secretary, are we indebted for in-
defatigable labours in the cause of Masonic relief. They worked
without ceasing and brought comfort, and I believe the first ray
of sunshine, to many a stricken home. This was made possible
through the generous action of our benefactors who will be an-
nounced to you in the list of acknowledgments.”
The oldest Lodge in the British dominions of North America is
St. Andrew’s Lodge, No. 1, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, which cele-
brated its 150th anniversary on March 26, 1918. Concerning its
precedence, in point of age, Grand Master Fraser says: “This
claim was made clear by an excellent paper read by the Worship-
ful Master. Bro. R. V. Harris.”
Among the Grand Master’s appointments we note that of Bro.
J. Bailey Owen, of Henderson, N. C., as Grand Representative of
The Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia near The Grand Lodge of North
Carolina. This is an honor well deserved. Brother Owen is a
Mason in every fibre of his being, and is now Senior Grand War-
den of The Grand Lodge of North Carolina. The Nova Scotia
Proceedings incorrectly give his address as Raleigh. We wish it
was Raleigh, but Henderson is his home.
The names of nearly 500 Nova Scotia soldiers and sailors “who
have answered the call of King and Country, either for Overseas
or Home Defence” is given in this volume.
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OHIO, 1917
108th Annual Springfield October 17-18
Joel G. Clore, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
J. H. Bromwell, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
H. M. Hagelbarger, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
These Proceedings have for a frontis-piece a national flag,
“dedicated to ‘Our Boys.’ ”
A remarkable group picture in this volume, and one which we
do not think can anywhere be matched, is one of 25 Past Grand
Masters, who served in unbroken succession. All of them are ap-
parently in good health, and free from the infirmities of age.
Eight Temples and Lodge Rooms were formally dedicated dur-
ing the year, and 13 corner stones were laid.
The Grand Master, not being a believer in the usage of estab-
lishing Military or Army Lodges, refused to issue dispensations
for the formation of such. This policy was later changed by the
Grand Lodge, which issued a dispensation for the formation of
Ohio Military Lodge.
Soon after war was declared to exist with Germany, Grand
Master Clore issued a general dispensation for any Lodge in the
State to engage publicly in any patriotic exercises which might be
held, such as demonstrations, flag raisings, &c. He also ordered
that $10,000 of Grand Lodge funds should be invested in Liberty
Bonds, and furthermore recommended that further investments of
a similar nature should be made.
As to official rulings, the Grand Master declared: “I was not-
called upon to answer any questions of Masonic Law during the
year that could not be answered by reference to the Code or the
decisions of the Grand Lodge heretofore made.”
Twelve pages are taken up with reports on the Masonic Home
of Ohio, and illustrations of two handsome structures there are
given- — one of the main building and one of the hospital. Twenty
“residents” of this Home died during the year.
Ohio is plentifully supplied with Grand Lecturers, having 25,
and useful officers they are, judging by a tribute paid their work
by the Grand Master, who says:
“The good work performed by the twenty-five District Lectur-
ers during the past year has been a revelation to me. Each of
these Brethren has proven himself a Grand Master by proxy in his
own district. The inspections of the Lodges throughout the State
have been thorough. These Brethren have spread the gospel of
Freemasonry wherever they have gone, have settled differences,
ironed out the rough places, and have made themselves generally
useful and beneficial to the Order. I thank each one of them for
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the burdens he has lifted from my shoulders and for the great
good he has accomplished for our beloved Institution.”
Concerning the toils and the joys of official itineraries by the
Grand Master, that Brother declares:
“I have made thirty-two visits to Masonic gatherings during
the past year, and, in so far as it was possible, I have visited
Lodges and localities where they had not had visitations from
Grand Masters in the last two or three years. In these meetings
I have met thousands of our Brethren. These visitations have
been a source of much pleasure as well as profit to your Grand
Master, and I trust the Brethren have also been benefited in some
measure by my visits among them.”
During the space of one year, the Grand Lodge of Ohio had a
net gain of over 7,000 members — a splendid record.
OKLAHOMA, 1918
10th Annual McAlester February 26-28
Samuel William Hogan, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
William Moses Anderson, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Joseph William Morris, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
At the beginning of this annual communication “the Grand
Master called the Brethren to their feet, and all joined in singing
‘the Star Spangled Banner.’ ”
A distinguished visitor to this communication was the M-'.W.‘.
Milton Winham, Grand Master of The Grand Lodge of Arkansas.
This visitor was cordially received, and accorded the honor due
his high rank. He delivered a fine address to the assembled
Brethren.
Among Oklahoma’s losses by death was the M-'-W-'-James Boyd
Morrow, who was formerly Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
of the old Indian Territory, out of which the State of Oklahoma
is formed. The Grand Lodge was also called upon to mourn the
loss of its Grand Treasurer, the R'-W-’Leo Edmund Bennett.
Both were buried with Grand Lodge honors. There were upwards
of 450 deaths in all.
Eight emergent communications were held as follows: at
Meade, March 22, 1917, to lay corner stone of a Presbyterian
Church; at Altus, June 12, 1917, to lay corner stone of a Masonic
Temple; at Tahlequah, June 21, 1917, to lay corner stone of the
Northeastern State Normal School; at Durant, July 4, 1917, to
lay corner stone of the new court house of Bryan County; at Guy-
mon, November 9, 1917, to lay corner stone of High School; at
Miami, November 12, 1917, to dedicate Masonic Hall; at Drum-
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right; December 1, 1917, to lay corner stone of Baptist Church;
and at Watonga, December 27, 1917, to dedicate Masonic Temple.
The Grand Master visited 262 Lodges throughout the jurisdic-
tion over which he presided, “the remembrance of which,” he de-
clares, “will always have a bright spot in my memory.”
Bro. Woodson E. Noi’velle delivered his Grand Orator’s ad-
dress on the Huns. He flung brick-bats, not bouquets.
The Reviewer of Foreign Correspondence refers to the death
of Past Junior Grand Deacon Charles Alston Cook, of The Grand
Lodge of Oklahoma, who was formerly a Justice of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina, and adds: “He was loved by his
Brethren.”
OREGON, 1917
67th Annual Portland June 13-15
Will Moore, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
James F. Robinson, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
W. G. Shellenbarger, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
An elaborate flag ceremonial took place immediately after the
opening of this annual communication. It is now a law of The
Grand Lodge of Oregon that a national flag shall be displayed in
every subordinate Lodge in the State.
Three Lodges were instituted and one was constituted during
the year. Two corner stones were laid: of a High School at the
town of Baker, September 19, 1916; and of a Federal building at
the town of Roseburg, November 27, 1916.
At the annual meeting of the George Washington Masonic Na-
tional Memorial Association in 1917, the Grand Master (being un-
able to attend) was represented by Bro. George E. Chamberlain
as proxy.
Much of fhe Grand Master’s address was given to a discussion
of war relief work, then a matter of vital importance but now
only interesting as history.
The establishment of a Masonic Home is urged by the Grand
Master in his address. There are very few Grand Jurisdictions in
which these institutions are not established already.
The Grand Secretary reports that 90 Lodges show a gain in
membership, that 47 show a loss in membership, and that the mem-
bership lists of 7 are at a standstill.
The report of the Committee on Necrology tells us that 231
Oregon Masons died during the year — a greater number by 43
than in the year preceding.
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Among the rulings by the Grand Master was one in harmony
with numerous decisions, on the same subject, in other Grand
Jurisdictions. The question and answer were as follows:
“Question: Are Roman Catholics barred from the Masonic
Lodge by written or unwritten law, and can a Catholic be a good
Mason?
“Answer: There is nothing in the Masonic law, written or
unwritten, which prohibits any man from becoming a Mason on
account of religious belief, provided he is otherwise qualified. And
I do not believe that any religion will interfere with or prevent
any man from being a good Mason.”
The Reviewer of Foreign Correspondence speaks of a portrait
of “Bro. John Harvard,” the first Master of St. John’s Lodge in
New Bern, North Carolina, in 1772, and also Chief Justice of the
Province. This Brother’s name was Martin Howard, not John
Harvard.
PENNSYLVANIA, 1917
132d Annual Philadelphia December 27
Louis A. Watres, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
John A. Perry, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
James B. Krause, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
This volume of Pennsylvania Proceedings contains minutes of
the following meetings during the year 1917 : Quarterly commu-
nication, March 7th; quarterly communication, June 6th; quar-
terly communication, September 5th; quarterly communication,
December 5th; and annual communication, December 27th.
At the quarterly communication of March 7th, the Grand Mas-
ter strongly commended the George Washington Masonic National
Memorial Association, and urged the Grand Lodge to increase its
subscription to aid in putting up the Memorial Temple to “Wash-
ington the Mason” at Alexandria, Va.
At the same communication the Grand Master took occasion to
swat the chain-letter superstition and its “ancient Masonic
prayer.” What “great misfortune” has butted into the Grand
Master in consequence of this act, the Proceedings fail to tell us.
At the quarterly communication of June 6th, steps were taken
to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the establishment of The
Grand Lodge of England.
At the meeting of June 6th, the Grand Lodge recorded its re-
gret over the loss of Past Grand Master George Wilkins Guthrie,
Ambassador from the United States to the Court of Japan. He
died in Tokio, but his body was brought home for burial. A me-
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moir of him is given in the Pennsylvania Proceedings, from the
pen of a semi-North Carolinian, Past Master George C. Burgwin,
of Franklin Lodge, No. 221, Pittsburg; and remarks on Brother
Guthrie’s career were made by Bro. Cortlandt Whitehead, George
B. Orlady, John Wanamaker, Joseph Krauskopf, and J. Henry
Williams.
Fraternal recognition to The Grand Lodge of Porto Rico was
extended by The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania by a resolution
adopted at the quarterly communication of June 6, 1917.
The Masonic Library and Museum of The Grand Lodge of
Pennsylvania are institutions which continue to grow in useful-
ness and interest.
A good many Pennsylvania Masons are not content to serve
tjhe Order during life only, and the good is not “interred with
their bones,” for bequests are often left to enrich the treasury of
the Grand Lodge. We do not know of any other Grand Lodge as
fortunate as Pennsylvania in this respect.
The M-’-W-'. Thomas J. Shryock, Grand Master of The Grand
Lodge of Maryland, presented a handsome bust of George Wash-
ington to The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania at the annual commu-
nication, December 27, 1917. The Lodge in Alexandria, Va., of
which Washington was Master, once worked under a Pennsylvania
charter. Past Grand Master Orlady delivered the address of pre-
sentation, on behalf of the donor, and the speech of acceptance
was made by Bro. John Wanamaker, chairman of the Committee
on the Library.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1918
6th Annual Manila January 22-23
William Hendrickson Taylor, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Newton C. Comfort, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Manuel L. Quezon, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
Grand Master Taylor was unable, in consequence of illness, to
be present at this annual communication, and his address was read
by Deputy Grand Master (now Grand Master) Manuel L. Quezon.
It was largely due to the labors of Grand Master Taylor that
all lawful Masonic bodies in the Philippines are now working un-
der the jurisdiction of one Grand Lodge — a condition gratifying
to all good Masons. A glowing picture of the progress of Philip-
pine Masonry is thus given by Grand Master Taylor:
“Our progress continues to be most remarkable. The spirit of
Masonry in these Islands has never shown more brilliantly and
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each day but adds to. its luster. I never have been in a jurisdic-
tion where the members as_ a whole take their Masonry so seri-
ously as do our Brethren. It is a daily inspiration to better work
and nobler deeds just to meet and mingle with you all. Our unifi-
cation has given a spiritual uplift to our Lodges and to our mem-
bers, the beneficial effects of which cannot be exaggerated. May
we press on in our faith, doing that good each day that our hands
may find to do.”
“Death, the reaper, still is reaping” in the Philippines, as else-
where. Twenty-three Brethren in this Grand Lodge were called
from their labors during the year.
In the Masonic year then closing, The Grand Lodge of the
Philippines received fraternal recognition from the Grand Lodges
of New Brunswick, Tennessee, South Australia, Peru, Queens-
land, Porto Rico, Western Australia, and Rhode Island. New
Jersey was the only Grand Lodge in the United States which had
not then extended recognition to the Philippines, and New Jersey
has since fallen into line.
Ten Grand Representatives to other Grand Lodges were ap-
pointed, one of these being Bro. S. L. Boyd, Grand Representative
near The Grand Lodge of North Carolina.
It seeems a “far cry” from North Carolina to the Philippines,
but they are Masonic descendants of ours, as shown by chart in
these Proceedings, the line of descent running as follows: Eng-
land chartered Lodges in the colony of North Carolina, which
were among those which formed the independent Grand Lodge of
North Carolina in 1787; The Grand Lodge of North Carolina
later became “The Grand Lodge of North Carolina and Tennessee”
and chartered Tennessee as an independent Grand Lodge in 1813;
Lodges of Tennessee origin were among those which formed The
Grand Lodge of Missouri in 1821; Lodges of Missouri origin were
among those which formed The Grand Lodge of California in
1850; and California Lodges in the Philippines formed the Grand
Lodge of those Islands in 1912. The aforementioned chart is in
error, however, in crediting The Grand Lodge of North Carolina
with being partly of Massachusetts origin. The Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts chartered in North Carolina a Lodge called “The
First Lodge in Pitt County” in 1766, and commissioned its Master,
Bro. Thomas Cooper, as Provincial Grand Master of North Caro-
lina. But the First Lodge in Pitt was not one of the Lodges which
formed The Grand Lodge of North Carolina in 1787; and, so far
as known, Provincial Grand Master Cooper never chartered any
Lodges in North Carolina. The Lodges which organized The
Grand Lodge of North Carolina in 1787 were nearly altogether, if
not entirely, those which held charters directly from The Grand
Lodge of England or from Joseph Montfort, of Halifax, North
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Carolina, “Provincial Grand Master of and for America” by com-
mission from the Duke of Beaufort, Grand Master of England, in
1771. The Lodge at Fayetteville, which was one of the organizers
of The Grand Lodge of North Carolina, is traditionally of Scotch
origin.
The 200th anniversary of the formation of The Grand Lodge
of England was celebrated by our Philippine Brethren with “one
of the most brilliant Masonic functions ever held in these Islands.”
The Rev. Bro. Bruce S. Wright was the Grand Orator at this
annual communication, his theme being “Three Featui’es of
Masonry.”
A reception, in honor of those in attendance upon this annual
communication, was given in Malacanang Palace by the Governor-
General of the Philippines, Bro. Francis Burton Harrison, a mem-
ber of Manila Lodge, No. 1.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, 1918
Not received.
QUEBEC, 1918
48th Annual Montreal February 13
W. Walter Williamson, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
William H. Whyte, Grand Secretary, 1917.
Grand Master re-elected, 1918-1919.
Walter C. Hagar, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
On the 19th day of September, 1917, The Grand Lodge of
Quebec suffered a severe bereavement in the death of the R-'. W-'-
Bro. William H. Whyte, for fifteen years its Grand Secretary —
from 1902 till 1917. There were 102 deaths in all, from natural
causes. Then there were 16 who “died on the field of duty” in
1917, in addition to those previously reported killed. Some hun-
dreds of the Brethren are also inscribed on the “Honor Roll” as
having enlisted to fight for the cause of the Allies.
Owing to circumstances then existing, The Grand Lodge of
Quebec did not celebrate, in an elaborate manner, the 200th anni-
versary of the establishment of The Grand Lodge of England. A
valuable historical pamphlet on the subject, however, from the
pen of the late Grand Secretary Whyte, was published by the
Grand Lodge.
Among the Grand Lodge Representatives appointed during the
year preceding this annual communication, was Bro. W. S.
Creighton, of Charlotte, N. C., to be Grand Representative of The
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Grand Lodge of Quebec near The Grand Lodge of North Carolina.
Brother Creighton is Grand Pursuivant of The Grand Lodge of
North Carolina.
A splendid religious discourse was delivered by the Rev. Bro.
George Duncan, Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge. His stand-
ing in the Church and in Masonry qualified him to form an opinion
as to whether those two institutions failed to harmonize, and he
declared :
“So far from our Order being in any way contradictory of the
perennial truths of Christianity, I make bold to say that a good
Christian is all the better for being a good Mason, and a good
Mason all the better for being a good Christian.”
Never were truer words spoken. Coming, too, as just inti-
mated, from one who has studied both institutions from the inside,
the opinion has additional force.
QUEENSLAND, 1918
14th Annual Brisbane June 10
James Stodart, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Charles H. Harley, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Grand Master re-elected, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
This little pamphlet of Proceedings covers the six following
meetings: Special communication, July 31, 1917; stated commu-
nication, September 10, 1917; special communication, Januai’y 29,
1918; stated communication, March 11, 1918; stated communica-
tion, June 3, 1918; and stated communication, June 10, 1918.
At the first of these communications, Grand Master Stodart
spoke with pardonable pride of his Grand Lodge’s record during
its short-lived existence, saying:
“We are now in the thirteenth year of The Grand Lodge of
Queenland’s existence, and, though I do not purpose detaining you
with a lengthy historical address, I should like just to say that,
during this period, my worthy predecessors have overcome many
difficulties, and assisted materially, by their impartial policy, in
promoting good fellowship among Masons; they have guided the
growth of Grand Lodge from 39 Lodges at the formation to 70
Lodges, the number holding today. I trust that this marked prog-
ress" will be maintained. Our Charity Fund now reaches £2,608;
and, since the inauguration of Grand Lodge, the sum of £2,389 has
been granted to necessitous Masons and widows.
“The Widows, Orphans, and Aged Masons Institution has,
since its establishment in 1908 — nine years ago — expended in keep-
ing orphans the sum of £894, and has a balance to its credit of
about £5,600.”
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The special communication of January 21, 1918, resolved itself
into a “Lodge of Sorrow” in honor of recently deceased Past Grand
Master Adolphus Marcus Hertzberg, the immediate predecessor
of Grand Master Stodart. Brother Hertzberg was one of the
founders of The Grand Lodge of Queensland. He was of the He-
brew race and faith, deeply religious in his temperament, and
faithful to all trusts, public and private.
The few remaining Grand Lodges, which have not taken such
action, are fast falling into line by recognizing The Grand Lodge
of Queensland. Ohio extended recognition on October 17, 1917,
and Arizona on December 14, 1917.
At the stated communication of March 11, 1918, the Grand
Master read the roll of Brethren who had died during the year.
In all there were 19, and 12 of these were killed in battle — more
than two-thirds.
RHODE ISLAND, 1917
127th Annual Providence May 21
Wilbur A. Scott, Grand, Master, 1916-1917.
S. Penrose Williams, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
Herbert A. Rice, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
This volume of Proceedings contains the minutes of three com-
munications: Semi-anr.ual communication, November 20, 1916;
special communication, March 2, 1917 ; and annual communication,
May 21, 1917.
The principal matter contained in the semi-annual Proceedings
were memorials to two deceased Brethren, Past Grand Master
Newton Darling Arnold and Past Senior Grand Warden Ara Hil-
dreth. Brother Arnold is described as “a man of absolute honor
and integrity, and of keen and un-erring business judgment, whose
counsel was earnestly sought and highly prized.” Of Brother Hil-
dreth it was said: “Nearly all his active life, outside of his many
Masonic duties, was devoted to Church and Temperance work.”
Brother Hildreth was in his 98th year, and had been a member of
St. John’s Lodge, No. 1, for over 70 years — a wonderful record!
A later death was that of Past Grand Master Elisha Hunt Rhodes,
of whom the Grand Master declared: “He approximated as nearly
my ideal of a true Mason as any man I have ever known.”
Twenty -five Past Masters of subordinate Lodges also died during
the year.
The special communication, of March 2d, was called by the
Grand Master for the purpose of assisting him in consecrating the
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Altar of Manchester Lodge, No. 12, to the uses of Freemasonry.
This ceremony was described by the orator of the occasion as “un-
usual,” and we are not inclined to question this description, for we
have never run across a like ceremony, thoug’h we have often seen
references to Lodges being consecrated.
The Grand Master made, during the year, numerous visita-
tions— both official and informal — one of the communications,
visited by him, being held to celebrate the centennial anniversary
of Hamilton Lodge, No. 15, at the town of Clayville.
Grand Master Scott received invitations to numerous banquets
and receptions, not only from the Blue Lodges Masonry, but also
from the various concordant orders of the same. These banquets
may account for the well-fed and handsome appearance which his
portrait depicts.
In Rhode Island as well as elsewhere, the chain-letter humbug
is still humming with its “ancient Masonic prayer” hoodoo. Grand
Master Scott recommended to the Grand Lodge that the 200th an-
niversary of the formation of the Mother Grand Lodge of England
should be fittingly celebrated in Rhode Island on the 24th of June
(St. John’s Day), 1917 — about a month after adjournment of
Rhode Island annual communication — and this was no doubt done.
The Grand Master was unable to attend the annual meeting of
the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association,
at Alexandria, Va., but he was represented by Past Grand Master
Reuben S. Bemis. Brother Bemis filed a written report to the
Grand Lodge, giving account of the enterprise.
SASKATCPIEWAN, 1918
Not received.
Not received.
SCOTLAND, 1917
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, 1918
34th Annual Adelaide April 17
Eustace Beardoe Grundy, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Charles R. J. Glover, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Grand Master re-elected, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected. 1918-1919.
This volume contains minutes of the following communica-
tions: Half-yearly communication, October 17, 1917; special com-
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munication, November 21, 1917; and the annual communication,
April 17, 1918.
On pages 16-17 of these Proceeding’s are the names of 46
Brethren who passed away during the year. Of this number, 8
were killed in battle, 1 died of wounds, and 3 died in the service
from other causes.
The Board of General Purposes— indeed the Craft of South
Australia in general — has suffered a great loss in the death of the
president of the Board, the M-‘. W-'- Alfred Muller Simpson, Past
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. Of him the Board says:
“The Board desires to place on record their high appreciation
of the great and generous services rendered by our late Brother
during his membership of the Board, which commenced with the
inauguration of Grand Lodge in 1884, and has been continuous till
his death. The last 20 years he occupied the president’s chair.
His demise will be a great and irreparable loss to the Craft in
South Australia.”
Not long before Brother Simpson’s death, some Brethren
formed a plan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the admission
into Masonry of himself and another distinguished Brother, Sir
Edwin Smith. As Brother Simpson (owing to illness) was unable
to attend the celebration — which in consequence was postponed —
he fixed up a handsome celebration of his own by sending one
thousand pounds to the Benevolent Fund of the Grand Lodge.
The Grand Master’s address, at the half-yearly meeting, was
largely taken up with an interesting description of the central
celebration, in London, of the bi-centenary of The Grand Lodge of
England. He also made a ringing appeal to those present to make
every sacrifice toward winning the war for world freedom, then in
progress.
A distinguished Brother in the clergy, the Rev. Canon Slaney
Poole, Past Grand Chaplain, had the honorary rank of Past
Deputy Grand Master conferred upon him in recognition of his
valuable services to the Craft. He was one of the organizers of
The Grand Lodge of South Australia.
SOUTH CAROLINA, 1917
181st Annual Charleston December 11-12
Robert A. Cooper, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
O. Frank Hart, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
William W. Wannamaker, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
My! — how time “do fly” in South Carolina! The Grand
Lodge’s 1916 annual communication was its 140th, and its 1917
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annual communication was its 181st! While Woodrow was “sav-
ing day light” by pushing up the hands of the clock one hour, the
South Carolina Masons needed more light, so they pushed up
the hands on the dial of Time just 41 years! They are fast livers
down there; and, at that rate of speed, their grave and sedate
Brethren in North Carolina can never hope to keep pace with
them.
From December, 1916, till December, 1917, Grand Master
Cooper issued 110 dispensations, but none out of the ordinary.
Two Lodges were constituted; four were organized under dispensa-
tion; and two corner stones were laid. When a corner stone is laid
in South Carolina, the Grand Lodge opens in the E. A. degree.
Owing to the several army cantonments in South Carolina, and
the number of South Carolinians stationed in other States, there
were numerous interchanges of courtesies in the matter of con-
ferring degrees both by and for South Carolina. Concerning
Brethren sojourning in South Carolina, Grand Master Cooper, in
his annual address, enjoins fraternal courtesy upon the Brethren
of his own jurisdiction, saying:
“May I suggest that every Mason in South Carolina feel it his
duty to extend to these Brethren of other jurisdictions, while they
are located within our State, every proper courtesy, and let them
realize that ‘we be brethren,’ and that they are among friends. I
have endeavored to procure a list of the Masons at each of the
cantonments within the State, so that we may be able to render
them any assistance needed.”
Reporting his attendance upon the annual meeting of the
George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association,
where a delegation of distinguished South Carolina Masons ac-
companied him, Grand Master Cooper says his party “was received
with that hospitality and brotherly kindness characteristic of the
Masons of Alexandria.”
The trustees of the Masonic Relief Fund of the Grand Lodge
were directed to invest $20,000 in Liberty Loan Bonds, and to
make a like investment in each succeeding issue until the amount
of investment reached the sum of $100,000.
The Grand Lodge remitted per capita, tax on soldiers and
sailors in various Lodges provided said Lodges remitted annual
dues during the war. Steps were also taken to furnish Masonic
soldiers and sailors with identification tags or parchments to carry
with them to Europe.
Past Grand Master Mitchie’s report on Foreign Correspond-
ence, in reviewing North Carolina Proceedings, quotes Brother
McClure’s opinion on the “Degree of the Palm and Shell” — what-
ever that may happen to be. To get that degree from a Kentucky
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Mason and be given the job of “Pilgrim Chief,” together with the
right to be buried “outside the walls of Jerusalem,” never cost
Brother Mitchie but five dollars, and now he is uneasy about his
title to that burial place. Don’t worry, Most Worshipful Brother,
South Carolina is outside the walls of Jerusalem, and you may
get a chance to get your money’s worth in that particular, though
we hope it will be many long years before you enter on your claim.
SOUTH DAKOTA, 1918
44th Annual Aberdeen June 11-12
Fred H. Rugg, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
George A. Pettigrew, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
George A. Pettigrew, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Charles A. Brockway, Grand .Secretary, 1918-1919.
In reviewing South Dakota, we believe the first thing in order
is to apologize for our last year’s review which transforms the
surname of Grand Master Rugg into Bugg! We feel like Hob
Miller, in Scott’s novel, The Monastery, who was about to strike
Father Philip, in the dark, “judging it was one of Giles Fletcher’s
hogs,” and who later declared: “It shall be a lesson to me not to
mistake a holy man for a hog, as long as I live.” Overwhelmed
by like contrition, this shall be a lesson to me not to mistake a
Most Worshipful Grand Master for a bug, as long as I live.
In the volume with the minutes of the annual communication
are those of five emergent communications, held to constitute
Lodges and dedicate a Temple.
At the annual communication one of the first ceremonies was
the formal introduction of the American flag, together with the
flags of the nations then allied against the Central Powers. These
colors were escorted to the East, and there assigned to a place of
honor.
The Grand Master’s address opens with comments on the war,
and he then felt — as we all felt — grave misgivings about the out-
come of great battles then in progress, though we were confident
of ultimate victory. In speaking of those who wished to be made
Masons before going overseas, he said:
“It has been my endeavor, with the very efficient aid of our
Grand Secretary’s office, to make it easy as possible for young
men to become members of our Order before leaving for the front,
trusting the local Lodges to watch well that none should enter our
doors save those who were worthy.”
Four new Lodges were chartered during the year preceding
this annual communication, and one Masonic Temple was dedi-
cated.
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The Grand Lodge of South Dakota had under its jurisdiction
1,216 Masonic patriots then fighting for the freedom of the world,
and this number doubtless grew before the war was over.
It is with more than passing sorrow we note the sudden death
of Past Grand Master Samuel Augustine Brown, Reviewer of
Foreign Correspondence, who was born in North Carolina and
whose love for his native State no stretch of time or space could
cool. It was never our good fortune to meet him in person, but
we had a correspondent’s acquaintance with him on the subject
of North Carolina history (in which he was deeply interested)
even before we entered the Order sixteen years ago. Brother
Brown — or Dr. Brown, as he was known to the world at large —
was a graduate of Jefferson Medical College. He had an honorable
career in the Navy, first as Assistant Surgeon and then Past As-
sistant Surgeon, from 1871 until 1884, in which latter year the
health of his wife impelled him to forego further advancement in
his successful career in the Navy and remove to the dry climate of
South Dakota, where Mrs. Brown died in 1889. To his second wife
(who survives him) he was married in 1896. He had “sounded all
the depths and shoals of honor,” in Ancient Craft Masonry and
the various concordant orders thereof, and held the honorary 33d
degree in the Scottish Rite. “Words cannot express the feeling of
the Craft of this jurisdiction at the loss of our Brother,” said the
Grand Master’s circular announcing his death. “Not only did he
win honors at the hands of his Masonic Brethren, but others had
knowledge of his noble character and worth,” declared the Com-
mittee on Obituaries. The valuable Masonic Library collected by
this distinguished Craftsman and Christian gentleman has passed
into the possession of the Grand Lodge as a gift from Mrs. Brown.
Dr. Brown was an Episcopalian in his religious affiliations,
and served his Church for many years as vestryman and senior
warden. His funeral services were conducted from Calvary
Cathedral, with the honors of Masonry.
“ Far from thee
Thy kindred and their graves may be;
But there is still a blessed sleep
From which none ever wakes to weep.”
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TENNESSEE, 1918
104th Annual Nashville January 30-31
John T. Peeler, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Stith M. Cain, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Samuel C. Brown, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
As the Grand Lodge convened in this annual communication,
an interesting presentation took place. The account, given in the
Proceedings, says:
“Immediately following the opening of the Grand Lodge M-".
W ’. M. D. Smallman, Past Grand Master, on behalf of M-'- W-'.
Charles Barham, Past Grand Master, presented to it a silver-
mounted gavel, fashioned out of white oak timber taken from a
gunboat sunk by the cavalry forces of General N. B. Forrest in
the Tennessee River at Johnsonville in 1862. The wood from
which it was made remained under water for fifty-five years, and
had from its long immersion been changed in color to a beautiful
black. The gavel was unanimously accepted by the Grand Lodge
by a rising vote. The presentation was made more interesting be-
cause of the fact that Past Grand Master Smallman was a mem-
ber of Forrest’s command.”
A resolution was adopted which required all subordinate
Lodges under the jurisdiction of The Grand Lodge of Tennessee
to display the United States flag at each meeting held while the
war continues.
The bi-centennial of the establishment of The Grand Lodge
of England was extensively observed by Lodges throughout
Tennessee, June 24, 1917, in accordance with a recommendation by
Grand Master Peeler.
Many needed improvements have been made in the Masonic
Widows’ and Orphans’ Home and the Home for Aged Masons,
which will doubtless add to the comfort of the occupants of those
excellent institutions.
Lodges in Tennessee conferred courtesy degrees for three
North Carolina Lodges, and North Carolina conferred like degrees
for four Tennessee Lodges.
Grand Master Peeler favored the plan of Lodges remitting the
dues of members in the service, but was strongly opposed to the
establishment of Military Lodges. Much confusion, he thought,
would result from their establishment.
At this annual communication, the Grand Lodge of Tennessee
had the opportunity of welcoming a distinguished visitor in the
person of Past Grand Master Charles E. Whelan, of Wisconsin,
who was introduced by Past Grand Master Barham.
In recognition of the early services of Past Grand Master
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Wilkins Tannehill to Masonry in Tennessee — services beginning in
the days of the old “Grand Lodge of North Carolina and Tennes-
see”— the remains of that eminent Craftsman and those of his
wife were removed from neglected graves in Nashville, and re-
interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery. An appropriation was also
made to mark the resting-place of Past Grand Master George H.
Morgan, at Cookeville, Tenn.
Twenty pages, printed in fine type, are required to record on
the “Roll of Honor” the names of patriotic Tennessee Masons en-
listed in the war.
Past Grand Master Chambers, in reviewing Foreign Corre-
spondence, notes that we are interested in the fact that
Past Grand Master Barham was born in North Carolina. Of
course we are — and more so since forming his personal acquaint-
ance on his several war-work trips to his “native heath” since then.
And we are also interested to read that Past Grand Master Cham-
bers himself “was made a Mason in North Carolina in 1865.”
TEXAS, 1917
82d Annual Waco December 4-6
Frank C. Jones, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
W. B. Pearson, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
John R. Arnold, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
In addition to those of the annual communication, the minutes
of two special communications of this Grand Lodge are included
in these Proceedings: one at Dallas, April 5, 1917, to conduct
funeral of Past Grand Master Archibald William Campbell; and
one at Fort Worth, August 20, 1917, to lay corner, stone of new
dormitory at the Orphans’ Home.
At the annual communication the Texas Brethren had the op-
portunity to greet several distinguished visitors, these being
Grand Master J. W. Armstrong and Grand Secretary J. E. Davilla
of Louisiana, and Deputy Grand Master George L. Schoonover of
Iowa.
Past Grand Master W. S. Fly, Grand Representative of The
Grand Lodge of North Carolina near The Grand Lodge of Texas,
replied to the address of welcome which the Grand Master ex-
tended to the representatives of other Grand Jurisdictions.
In his annual address Grand Master Jones paid a high tribute
to Past Grand Master Campbell, already alluded to, who lost his
life when a railroad train struck the automobile in which he was
riding. Brother Campbell was born in Canada, of parents who
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were natives of the Isle of Mull, in Scotland, and he had been liv-
ing in Texas since 1872. He had been actively connected with
Masonry since 1882.
Many Lodges throughout Texas, upon recommendation of the
Grand Master, held services celebrating the 200th anniversary of
the formation of The Grand Lodge of England.
Steps are being taken to prepare and publish, under Grand
Lodge auspices, a history of Masonry in Texas. This will doubt-
less be a work of great interest when completed.
Past Grand Master John L. Terrell wrote the report of the
Committee on Foreign Correspondence, and reviewed as far as
Montana, when sickness compelled him to leave the task unfinished
before he reached our North Carolina Proceedings.
UTAH, 1918
47th Annual Salt Lake City January 15-16
Charles Fred Jennings, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Freeman A. McCarty, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Herbert R. Macmillan, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
One of the first acts of this annual communication was to send
President Wilson a telegram as follows:
“The Grand Lodge, F. & A. M., of Utah, give you their pledge
that they will keep the fires of patriotism burning brightly in their
ranks with cordial support of such war policies as the Government
shall dictate.”
The Grand Lodge of Utah, at its communication of 1917, pro-
vided for the appointment of a Grand Historian. For this office
the Grand Master selected Past Grand Master Parley L. Williams,
who has resided in Utah since the early ’70’s and has known the
Grand Lodge from its infancy. Before Brother Williams could
enter on his duties, however, the National Government called for
his services as head of the Board of Appeals in connection with
the draft for the army, so his historical duties were properly laid
aside for a season. They will now be resumed, we hope.
National Memorial Day is recognized in Utah by a request that
every Brother in that Grand Jurisdiction then wear a sprig of
evergreen as a memorial of the Masonic dead in the Army and
Navy of the Nation. A memorial in another line was provided
for by the erection of a head-stone over the grave of Brother
Balthazar Christensen, who had made a valuable bequest to the
Grand Lodge.
During the year Grand Master Jennings made official visita-
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tions to every Lodge in the State except two, and these two he
had often visited unofficially. He declares that all Lodges were
found to be in a prosperous condition with a reasonable amount of
degree work to do.
The 200th anniversary of the establishment of The Grand
Lodge of England was commemorated throughout Utah in a man-
ner which reflected credit upon those participating, as well as upon
the Mother Grand Lodge in whose honor the ceremonies were held.
The chain-letter mania has struck Utah. Grand Master Jen-
nings will be hit by the hoo-doo end of this “prayer,” for he dis-
approves of it. Uncle Sam also disapproves of it, for he has shut
it out of the mails, but some how or other the “misfortune” has
not been fatal to him, either.
After consultation on the subject with Past Grand Masters
and other experienced Brethren, the Grand Master refused to
grant a charter for establishing a Military Lodge among the Utah
troops in the late war, but suggested the formation of Masonic
Clubs as a means of bringing the army Brethren closer together.
Much useful war work, in the purchase of Liberty Bonds and
Thrift Stamps, as well as the performance of Red Cross work, etc.,
was done by Lodges and Masons throughout Utah.
Thirty-nine Brethren under the jurisdiction of The Grand
Lodge in Utah died in the year preceding this annual communi-
cation.
While commenting on the oratorical flights of some Masonic
spell-binders in North Carolina, and their regulation assertions
about the ante-deluvian — and almost ante-mundane — origin of our
Order, Bro. S. H. Goodwin (the Utah Reviewer) grows dubious
and uneasy at the same time, saying:. “We fear that our good
Brother Haywood — Committee on Correspondence of North Caro-
lina— will again pillory us for not joining in the general chorus
of praise of such productions.” Well, Brother Goodwin, take a
look at our reviews of Michigan, Missouri, and Nevada in this
volume — all three of which were written before we had seen your
Utah Proceedings. Even as Haman was hanged on the gallows
that he had prepared for Mordecai, we might be put on the pillory
we had erected for you. We believe in “safety first” and that
self-preservation is the first law of nature, so the said pillory will
not be put up if we can help it.
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VERMONT, 1918
125th Annual Burlington June 12-13
David A. Elliott, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Henry H. Ross, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Grand Master re-elected, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
Among the fraternal dead (260 in all) of the Grand Jurisdic-
tion of Vermont we find recorded the names of Past Grand Master
Park Davis and Past Senior Grand Deacon Charles H. Bigelow.
Of Brother Bigelow (the date of whose death was December 12,
1917) the Grand Master says: “As a Christian gentleman, an
honest and upright man, a loyal and enthusiastic Mason, a devoted
husband, and a loving father, his loss will be deeply felt.” Past
Grand Master Davis (whose last years were spent in Sioux Falls,
S. D., where he died August 20, 1917) is portrayed as one whose
“scholarly attainments and valuable service to the Fraternity in
two jurisdictions and whose decease is regarded as a distinct loss
by them.”
Chiefly in consequence of war emergencies, 84 dispensations
were granted — 66 of these empowering Lodges to ballot without
waiting the statutory time, on candidates going into the military
or naval service.
In addition to the varied efforts of this Grand Lodge toward
winning the war is the completion of a Roll of Honor to memo-
rialize the Masons in military and naval service.
The Grand Master’s report on the condition of the Craft in
Vermont is, on the whole, most encouraging. He says:
“Being in close touch with the Lodges through attendance at
the district meetings, correspondence, and the reports of the dis-
trict deputies, it gives me much pleasure to report that they are
generally in a healthy and flourishing condition. A few cases of
indifference and inefficiency have been reported which, if not reme-
died, will necessitate drastic action by the Grand Lodge. An un-
usual activity has been caused by war conditions. Petitions have
been received from young men about to start for the front, neces-
sitating the conferring of the degrees in a shorter time than that
usually employed. In many instances they were sons of members
of our Lodges; and, having been brought up in an atmosphere im-
bued with the spirit of the Fraternity, we trust that the hurried
work made necessary conveyed to them the full message of the
tenets of Masonry. Only one case in the nature of a grievance has
been reported.”
In response to an inquiry from the Master of a Lodge, the
Grand Master ruled that “a man who cannot hear without the
aid of a horn or other mechanical device, cannot be made a Ma-
son,” and ordered that a petition which had been received from
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a person so afflicted should be dismissed on the ground of ineligi-
bility.
Five pages in this volume are devoted to the Proceedings of the
Masonic Veteran Association of Vermont. This was the 28th an-
nual meeting of that organization.
The report on Foreign Correspondence is from the pen of Past
Grand Master Charles H. Darling. This eminent Craftsman does
not review by States, but takes in the whole realm of Masonry “at
one fell swoop.”
VICTORIA, 1917
Not received.
VIRGINIA, 1918
140th Annual Richmond February 12-14
Henry K. Field, Grand Master, 1917 (died in office).
Charles A. Nesbit, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Earnest Lee Cunningham, Grand Master, 1917-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
These Proceedings contain the minutes of two emergent com-
munications of the Grand Lodge held during the year; one at
Portsmouth, May 12, 1917, to lay corner stone of the Portsmouth
High School; and one at Alexandria, August 2, 1917, to commit to
Mother Earth all that was mortal of Grand Master Henry Knox
Field. Under the Masonic law of Virginia, a Grand Lodge cere-
mony is not necessary to lay a corner stone, but the same may be
laid by a subordinate Lodge under authority conferred by a dis-
pensation from the Grand Master. Corner stones were so laid for
a Jewish Synagogue, a public school, and four churches.
To get on the job of Grand Master in Virginia requires an af-
fluence of versatility, if we are to judge from what Grand Master
Cunningham tells us when he says:
“Observation covering a period of about six months has con-
vinced me that the Grand Master of Masons in Virginia should be
an expert in mechanics and building operations, be versed in both
civil and Masonic law, should be a financier and also a peace-
maker, and should be thoroughly equipped to master the problems
arising out of the conduct of a home caring for children. He
should have ability to make a pretty good speech without notice.
He should know how to refuse a request and yet so phrase the
words denying the request that the Brother whose request is de-
nied is convinced that he is actually being done a favor. He should
combine in one man the best qualities of an executive officer of a
corporation as well as having his heart responsive to sentiment
and filled to overflowing with the true spirit of the fraternity.”
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Why should Virginia worry? Uncle Remus is correct in his
statement that “Ole Man Know All died last year,” but hasn’t
Virginia
“ — - — five hundred in her realm
Just as good as he?”
Much war work was done by The Grand Lodge of Virginia,
and it also created a Special Committee on National Defense, with
Past Grand Master James Alston Cabell as chairman. All pro-
posed war legislation was referred to this committee before action
by the Grand Lodge. Action was taken by the Grand Lodge look-
ing to the compilation of a Roll of Honor, giving the names of
Virginia Masons in the military and naval service.
Grand Master Cunningham not only refused to grant dispensa-
tion to establish a Military Lodge but added: “I would strongly
resent any Military Lodges coming into this Grand Jurisdiction
and conferring degrees either on a man from Virginia or not.”
Requests over inability to accept an invitation to visit The
Grand Lodge of North Carolina are voiced by Grand Master Cun-
ningham— regrets which are fully shared by his Brethren in
North Carolina.
A full and excellent report is given in this volume of the pur-
pose, scope, and prospects of the George Washington Masonic
National Memorial Association and its great enterprise to erect
a Temple at Alexandria as a memorial to Washington the Mason.
WASHINGTON, 1917
60th Annual Seattle June 12-14
George R. Malcolm, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
Horace W. Tyler, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
George W. Lawler, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
At the opening of the Grand Lodge the American flag was for-
mally introduced into the Hall and placed in the East, those pres-
ent singing “America.” An address of welcome, on behalf of the
Masons of Seattle, was delivered by Bro. Ernest B. Hussey, and a
response was made by Junior Grand Warden Thomas E. Skaggs.
Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Washington to the number of
278 died during the year. Among these was Past Grand Master
Edward R. Hare, who passed away in the sixtieth year of his age.
Among the visitors present at this annual communication was
Past Grand Master William D. Perkins, of North Dakota, who was
welcomed into the Grand Lodge Hall and escorted to a seat in the
East.
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In the aforementioned address by Brother Skaggs he varies
the patriotic monotony by neglecting to inform ns that the State
of Washington is the garden spot of the earth, occupied by the
best people who were ever created, but calls the poet to his assist-
ance and declares:
“No other clime has skies so blue.
Or streams so broad and clear;
And where are hearts so warm and true
As those that meet us here?”
Grand Master Malcolm had entered upon his office, at the pre-
ceding annual communication, with a commendable ambition to
devote his time almost exclusively to the work of the Craft, but
sickness hampered him to some extent. Yet he was by no means
inactive, for by correspondence he got in good work throughout
the Grand Jurisdiction over which he presided.
Four dispensations to establish new Lodges were issued — two
of these being located in Alaska. A request for a dispensation to
form an Army Lodge, among troops from the State of Washing-
ton stationed in California, was refused by the Grand Master, who
said:
“I am convinced that for various reasons it would not be for
the best interests of the Craft to grant dispensations of such a
character, at least not until the Grand Lodge has determined the
manner and method by which such dispensations are to be granted.
Furthermore, in my opinion, this case would have constituted in-
vasion of jurisdiction of California.”
If the “invaders,” who were sought to be sent to California,
were as nice and bright a set of Masons as those who were with
the Army Lodges sojourning in North Carolina during the late
war, California should not worry. And the Army Lodge from
North Carolina did a good deal of similar invading during the
course of that war.
Among the dispensations refused was one allowing a person
residing in the jurisdiction of Ashler Lodge, No. 121, to petition
Kirkland Lodge, No. 150, because “the petitioner was afraid to
put in his petition to Ashler Lodge, fearing that some one was un-
friendly to him and would not let him in.”
Three corner stones were laid by special communication of the
Grand Lodge, presided over by deputies of the Grand Master,
whose ill health prevented his being present in person. The Grand
Master, greatly to his regret, was unable, for the same reason, to
be present when the new Masonic Temple was dedicated at Seattle.
Substantial additions were made to the buildings at the Ma-
sonic Home, but that institution lost its efficient superintendent
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when Bro. Fred W. Griffiths became a Lieutenant in the United
States Navy.
Summing up facts and figures as they appear from returns
sent to his office, the Grand Secretary says:
“The recapulation of the returns shows 1,370 initiated, 1,313
passed, 1,305 raised, 487 affiliated, 106 re-instated, and 80 peti-
tioners for new Lodges — a gain of 1,978. Lost by death 278; by
dimission, 395; by dropped for N. P. D., 424; by suspension, 3; by
expulsion, 3; total lost, 1,103; net gain, 875, including returns of
Lodges U..D.”
“Identification cards,” made of aluminum, were issued by the
Grand Lodge to members in the military and naval service.
WEST VIRGINIA, 1917
Not received.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1918
18th Annual Perth April 25
Archbishop C. O. L Riley, Grand Muster, 1917-1918.
J. D. Stevenson, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
Sir William Ellison-Macartney, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
In this volume are included the minutes of four quarterly com-
munications held as follows: at the town of Boulder, July 26,
1917; at Perth, October 25, 1917; at Perth, January 24, 1918; and
at Perth, April 25, 1918 (annual). Of these I shall treat seriatim.
Quarterly, July 26, 1917 : At this communication the militant
prelate, then serving as Grand Master, refers to moments at the
front when his chances of returning seemed small. He says:
“Such moments have been when I have seen shells bursting
quite near me and wondered where the next would fall; or when
my bed shook because enemy airmen were dropping bombs close
by; or, worst of all, when I heard a torpedo burst under me when
I was on a transport. However, here I am, and I wish first of all
to say how grateful I was to the Brethren who gave me such a
right hearty welcome on my last visit to the Fields.”
Many war-work plans were considered at this communication,
and note was made that the 200th anniversary of the formation of
The Grand Lodge of England had been observed in an informal
way— the war rendering more pretentious celebrations out of
place.
Quarterly, October 25, 1917 : Here the Grand Master delivered
another address, and more plans for war-work were detailed. The
exchange of felicitations between H. R. H. the Duke of Con-
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naught, Grand Master of England and the Craft in Australia, on
the subject of England’s 200th anniversary, is also given.
Quarterly, January 2U, 1918: Grand Master Riley (Arch-
bishop of Perth) asked, at this communication, to be relieved from
further services, and placed in nomination (nominations being
there allowable) the Rt. Hon. Sir William Ellison-Macartney, K.
C. M. G., Governor of Western Australia and Past Grand Master
of Tasmania, who was duly elected.
We also note that, for the first time, Western Australia and
North Carolina exchanged Grand Representatives. Bro. C. G.
Morris was appointed Grand Representative of The Grand Lodge
of North Carolina near The Grand Lodge of Western Australia;
and Bro. John J. Phcenix, of Greensboro, North Carolina, was ap-
pointed Grand Representative of The Grand Lodge of Western
Australia near The Grand Lodge of North Carolina. The Grand
Master of Western Australia remarks:
“I have also appointed Bro. John J. Phoenix to represent this
Grand Lodge at The Grand Lodge of North Carolina. Although
we have had fraternal relations with this Grand Lodge for many
years, it is only now that we have been invited to exchange Repre-
sentatives.”
Well, Most Worshipful, we are sorry this honor was so long
without a holder, but it is a satisfaction to know that you now
have one in every way worthy to represent you. Brother Phoenix
was a mainstay of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home at Greens-
boro until the war came on. Then, being a little too old to join the
younger members of his family in the army, he went to Europe
as a Y. M. C. A. worker, and is still “on the job.”
Quarterly (and Annual) Communication, April 25, 1919:
Among other matters of interest in these minutes — and of saddest
interest, too — is a list of 65 Masonic heroes of this Grand Lodge
who died fighting for the freedom of mankind in the Woi’ld War.
At this communication Grand Master-elect Ellison-Macartney
was formally installed.
WISCONSIN, 1918
74th Annual Milwaukee June 11-12
Willard S. Griswold, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
William W. Perry, Grand Secretary, 1917-1918.
David Harlowe, Grand Master, 1918-1919.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1918-1919.
Among the officers unable to attend this annual communication
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was Grand Chaplain Philip H. Linley, rector of Christ Church in
the town of Eau Claire, who was across the water with the Ameri-
can army as Chaplain.
“There is nothing but loyalty among us, nothing but an exalted
devotion to our country in this supreme hour of her destiny,” de-
clared Grand Master Griswold, voicing the sentiments of all pres-
ent at this communication.
There is a Committee on Masonic Research working under the
auspices of this Grand Lodge. It is charged with the duty of
facilitating the dissemination of Masonic knowledge, and has
mapped out a course of study for the benefit of Brethren who wish
to obtain a clearer insight into the Fraternity’s symbolic signifi-
cance and history.
The death loss by this Grand Lodge during the year numbered
477. It is a rather remarkable coincidence that the only former
Grand Lodge officers in this number were all Past Junior Grand
Wardens, these being Bros. John Gavin Clark, John Grimshaw,
Lewis Lashway, and Franklin Pierce Ainsworth.
Eleven official rulings were made by the Grand Master. Among
these the following are of more than passing interest:
“4. Question: A member of a clandestine Lodge presents his
petition for degrees to a Lodge. What should be done?
“ Answer : The petition should be received and acted upon in
the usual manner, but the petitioner should not be elected unless
it is first ascertained that he joined such clandestine Lodge in the
honest belief that it was a regular Lodge of Masons and that he is
now sincere in his desire to become a regular Mason.
“6. Question: Has a Lodge jurisdiction to receive and act upon
the petition of an alien enemy?
“Answer: Yes. The advisability, however, of acting favorably
upon such a petition is an entirely different question and is for
the Lodge to determine.
“9. Question: Is it proper for a Lodge, as such, to prepare and
present an act in a public vaudeville show, the proceeds of which
are to go to the Red Cross?
“Answer: No. For a Masonic Lodge this would be highly im-
proper.”
One of the Brethren, who says he was “about all in” when he
entered the Wisconsin Masonic Home at Donsman, later wrote his
impressions of that institution, using the following language:
“I never saw such a fine place and such fine people, and such
fine stock — all fullblood — and such fine buildings. They have
about 70 head of cattle; milk 45 head; and the barn is as clean as
a house; and 12 head of horses and some fine teams, some weigh-
ing 1,800 to 2,000 pounds. So your old partner has been looking
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the stock over today. The small grain is all in the grounds for
some other feed. It is fine — the best the land affords. We have
seven in our dining-room; so, dear Brother, you should see me at
the table for supper, doing what I have not done for some time.
And a lake close by to the house, so the fish may get out of my
way when the weather gets warm and I get some stronger. They
are kind to me; such fine people, the superintendent and his wife.
So I hope I will not get lonesome here.”
As this contented Brother had to use the woi’d “fine” seven
times to describe his happy abode, we are confident that if all the
excellencies of that institution were summed up, the result would
show a state of affairs “fine” to the extent of seventy times seven.
If we had not already pleaded guilty to the charge of our good
Brother Street, the Alabama Reviewer, when he intimated that we
are not particularly fond of inserting in the reviews our own
opinions of the rulings, &c., in the various Proceedings, we might
now call the Wisconsin Reviewer, Bro. Andi’O Jenks, to our defense,
as he says of us: “He evidently has opinions of his own, and ex-
presses them in good, clear, terse English.” Many thanks, Brother
Jenks. Since your compliment is not desei’ved, we appreciate it all
the more.
WYOMING, 1917
43d Annual Cheyenne September 13-14
Herbert J. King, Grand Master, 1916-1917.
Joseph M. Lowndes, Grand Secretary, 1916-1917.
T. Blake Kennedy, Grand Master, 1917-1918.
Grand Secretary re-elected, 1917-1918.
In this volume, in addition to the minutes of the annual com-
munication, ai-e those of three special communications, as follows:
at Pine Bluffs, October 12, 1916, to lay corner stone of a school;
at Wheatland, May 26, 1917, to lay corner stone of a library; and
at Wheatland, June 20, 1917, to lay corner stone of a coui't house.
The opening of the annual communication was featured by the
singing of “The Star Spangled Banner,” and the placing of the
national flag in the East. An address of welcome was delivered
by Past Master R. H. Repathon on behalf of the Masons of Chey-
enne, and Grand Orator 0. 0. Natwick responded on behalf of the
visiting Brethren.
Among the Fraternal Dead z-ecorded in this volume we find the
name of Junior Grand Warden Harry C. Snyder, who passed away
on the 23d day of November, 1916.
Grand Master King reports, somewhat in detail, the numerous
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official visitations made by him, and adverts to the unfailing hos-
pitality and numerous courtesies with which he was honored.
Through action of its Grand Master, the Grand Lodge sent a
thousand dollar contribution to the fund of the Red Cross, and all
Brethren were urged to contribute liberally to the same great
agency.
By a special order from Grand Master King, all Lodges under
the jurisdiction of The Grand Lodge of Wyoming were ordered to
display the United States flag in their Lodge rooms at the place
of honor in the East.
We can fancy the Grand Master wearily yawning as he refers
to a never-ending pest as follows: “I am constantly receiving
chain letters, and so are members of the Grand Lodge and of our
constituent Lodges, the same being a source of annoyance and
worry to the recipient thereof.”
When he joined “that class of ‘has beens,’ * * * whether
distinguished or otherwise, known as Past Grand Masters,” a
handsome jewel was presented to the M-'-W.'. Herbert J. King.
This volume contains a review of Foreign Correspondence
from the pen of Grand Secretary Lowndes, but he apparently has
not learned that Noi'th Carolina is “on the map.”
REPORTS
of
District Deputy Grand Masters
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Reports of District
First Masonic District
December 26, 1918.
Mr. George S. Norfleet, Most Worshipful Grand Master,
Grand Lodge of North Carolina, A.F.&A.M.,
Winston-Salem, N . C.:
Worshipful Sir and Brother: As your Deputy for
the first Masonic District, composed of the counties
of Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Perquimans and
Pasquotank, I am reminded that the time has arrived
for me to make report of my acts in same, and it pains
me to inform you that, owing to business matters beyond
my control, I have been unable to visit any of the Lodges
in the district officially this year, but I have visited
some of them upon invitation to confer degrees and
assist in other matters pertaining to the good of Ma-
sonry, and, so far as I have been able to ascertain
through inquiry and correspondence, the nine Lodges
in this district are in a healthy condition, and harmony
seems to prevail among the Brethren.
It has been my good fortune to have been able to
attend all the communications of my home Lodge and
I herewith enclose you inspection report on it.
I had planned to visit the Lodges during the months
of October and November, but owing to the Spanish
influenza epidemic, which has swept over our entire
country, this had to be abandoned, which was a disap-
pointment to me.
I wish to say, Most Worshipful Grand Master, that
I appreciate the honor you have conferred upon me in
appointing me your Deputy, and it has been a pleasure,
I assure you, to represent you as such. I only regret
that I have been unable to be more active in the cause
of Masonry. I hope that Masonry has grown in the state
this year, and that great gains will be reported at the
Grand Lodge in January, when I hope to have the pleas-
ure of meeting you again.
Wishing you a merry Christmas and prosperous and
happy new year, I am
Fraternally yours,
J. W. Jones,
D. D. G. M., First District.
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Tenth Masonic District
Wilmington, N. C., December 13, 1918.
Hon. George S. Norfleet, Grand Master, Winston-Salem,
N. C.:
Most Worshipful Sir and Brother: Permit me
to present a report of the work done in the tenth dis-
trict this year, and to again express my appreciation
for your confidence and trust. I have personally visited
and inspected every Lodge in my district except two,
and have been in constant touch with the Craft by cor-
respondence. It has been my pleasure to assist several
of the Lodges in their work, and to advise with their
officers for the good of the Craft. The terrible epidemic
that raged in our section of the State did not pass our
membership without exacting a heavy toll of life, and it
is with sadness that we look back over that period and re-
call to our memory those with whom we have labored in
the interest of the Order, now at rest. Several of the
Lodges are preparing to hold memorial services for those
who passed away in 1918, and many of them will join
their efforts in that particular method, to memorialize
their dead.
I have forwarded reports of inspections to the Grand
Secretary, and wish to inform you, that harmony and
peace prevail in the tenth district; that every Lodge
has enjoyed a prosperous year and is prepared to extend
the great work of Masonry during 1919.
Fraternally yours,
Chas. B. Newcomb,
D. D. G. M., Tenth District.
Eleventh Masonic District
Maxton, N. C., December, 26, 1918.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Master of The Grand
Lodge of North Carolina:
I submit herewith my report for the year 1918 as
District Deputy for the eleventh district and regret I
can not make a more complete report. I had planned
to make an official visit to each Lodge, but, on account
of the epidemic of influenza and other causes, I could
not do so. Those Lodges I did visit I found in good
working condition. I have, however, kept in close per-
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sonal touch with the most of them and I find the
spirit of Masonry in all of them to be active. Quite
a number are doing considerable work. All of them
have lost quite a number, and, in one or two instances
nearly all of their most active members, by the war,
some of whom will return and resume their active work
in their Lodges. Not a few have been transferred to
the Celestial Lodge Above where the Supreme Master
of the Universe presides. Now, that the strife is over,
I feel sure that all will work with renewed energy and
zeal for the uplift of the great cause of Masonry.
The contributions for our several most worthy causes
have, indeed, been most gratifying through the district.
Peace and harmony seem to prevail everywhere, and
the outlook for Masonry is very encouraging. Quite
a number of the Lodges seem to be well up on the au-
thorized work, conferring the degrees entirely from
memory, while some would be greatly benefited by a
visit from a Lecturer.
In conclusion, I wish to thank you for the honor you
have conferred on me and, with best wishes for your-
self and the great cause you represent, I am
Sincerely and fraternally yours,
J. B. Sellers,
D. D. G. M., Eleventh District.
Sixteenth Masonic District
Selma, N. C., January 16, 1919.
Hon. Geo. S. Norfleet, Most Worshipful Grand Master
of The Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of North Car-
olina:
Most Worshipful Sir and Brother: It is with a
feeling of pride and also regret that I attempt to make
to you my report as District Deputy Grand Master
for the sixteenth Masonic district for the year 1918.
Pride in the membership and Masonic spirit that per-
vades among the Fraternity and the generosity with
which they respond to the call of the needy makes me re-
gret that I was unable to visit all of my people this year.
The epidemic that spread through this part of the
State at the very time I had intended to make my
visits on the account of the membership (who are mostly
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farmers) was the only reason that I did not visit all
the Lodges in my district. I visited some of the Lodges
twice, however, and all Lodges visited are in good work-
ing shape and seem to be doing fine.
I desire to make special mention of Kenly Lodge,
No. 257, and the brotherly spirit that prevailed in all
of their transactions.
I have endeavored to hold up the needs of the Ox-
ford Orphanage on all occasions and have met with
fairly good success.
Respectfully submitted,
G. H. Wilkinson,
D. D. G. M., Sixteenth District.
Seventeenth Masonic District
Stantonsburg, N. C., January 14, 1919.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Master of The Grand
Lodge of North Carolina:
I have the honor to submit herewith my first annual
report as Deputy Grand Master of the seventeenth dis-
trict, and enclose herein inspection reports of Lodges
visited during the year.
Owing to unprecedented conditions prevailing since
my appointment, I have been unable to visit many of the
Lodges, but am glad to be able to say that harmony
and peace prevail throughout the district, so far as I
have been able to learn.
I found the Lodges visited prosperous and the mem-
bership as happy as could be expected, when we con-
sider the number of stars in their service flags. I had
hoped and planned to have a district meeting at some
central point, but circumstances, over which we had no
control, prevented.
I believe that Masonry is in as good condition in
the district as can be expected, considering the troublous
times through which we have been, and are still pass-
ing.
Fraternally yours,
H. E. Thompson,
D. D. G. M., Seventeenth District.
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Twenty-second Masonic District
Reidsville, N. C., February 15, 1919.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Master of The Grand
Lodge of North Carolina:
As your Deputy of the twenty-second district, com-
posed of the counties of Rockingham and Caswell, I
have the honor to submit the following report for the
past year :
I have visited most of the Lodges and find them all
in good condition, working harmoniously and conform-
ing to all the edicts of the Grand Lodge. I know of no
discord, the financial condition is good, and the con-
tributions to Oxford Orphan Asylum at Thanksgiving
are creditable. Last March I took up the charter of
Golden Fleece Lodge, No. 74, Milton, N. C., and re-
turned the charter and funds to the Grand Secretary.
Most fraternally yours,
A. J. Ellington,
D. D. G. M., Twenty-second District.
Twenty-fifth Masonic District
Spencer, N. C., January 21, 1919.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Master of The Grand
Lodge of North Carolina:
Greetings: For reasons known to the Grand Mas-
ter I did not receive my commission as District Deputy
Grand Master for the twenty-fifth Masonic district until
the latter part of September.
After receiving my commission, I thought it too
late to attempt a district meeting, and especially when
the influenza situation was so bad. After my appoint-
ment I wrote a circular letter to all the Lodges in my
district, informing them of my appointment and urg-
ing them to get their reports to the Grand Secretary
in time, and to contribute as liberally as possible to the
Masonic and Eastern Star Home, and the Oxford Or-
phan Asylum, offering my services in any way I could
be of assistance. I had several replies to these letters,
thanking me for the suggestions, which told me they
hoped they could arrange for me to visit them.
I did not officially visit any of the Lodges in my dis-
trict, but I informally visited Andrew Jackson, No. 576,
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Salisbury; Fulton, No. 99, Salisbury; and Spencer, No.
543, Spencer (my Lodge).
All three of the above Lodges are prospering and
doing good work, and there seems to be absolute har-
mony in each one, and the attendance is good.
Spencer Lodge, No. 543, and Andrew Jackson Lodge,
No. 576, are using the revised work, but Fulton, No.
99, is using the old work.
I am sorry I was not able to visit all the Lodges
in my district or hold a district meeting.
I thank you for the confidence imposed in me and,
with kindest regards for you personally and officially,
I am
Respectfully and fraternally yours,
Jas. W. Payne,
D. D. G. M., Twenty -fifth District.
Twenty-sixth Masonic District
To the Worshipful Grand Master of The Grand Lodge
of Masons of North Carolina:
As your Deputy for district No. 26, composed of
Anson and Union counties, I have the honor to submit
the following report for the past year :
I have not visited many of the Lodges in the dis-
trict and did not hold a district convention during the
past year. This is due to the unsettled condition of
the country on account of war and on account of the
epidemic of influenza in the later part of the year.
But while few visits were made and no convention
was held, I am glad to report peace, harmony and pro-
gress among the Craft in the district. Our members
and Lodges have stood loyally by our government in
its struggle for World Freedom and have aided with
their means, and during it all they have kept their loy-
alty and zeal for Masonry and the Oxford Home at high
tension.
A slight discord in one of the Lodges has happily
passed and, I hope, forever.
Masonry is steadily growing in the estimation of
the people in the twenty-sixth district, and I feel that
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I can, with assurance, state that never before has the
Order been held in higher esteem than now.
Respectfully submitted,
R. W. Lemmond,
D. D. G. M., Twenty-sixth District.
January 20, 1919.
T iv enty- seventh Masonic District
Raleigh, N. C.
Most Worshipful Grand Master:
I herewith enclose my report as District Deputy
for the twenty-seventh district for 1918. I am sorry
to say that on account of sickness which took me away
from home I have not done much visiting for which
I am very sorry.
I am glad to report that all Lodges in the district
are in working order and in shape to do good work as
soon as things get normal.
The three Lodges in Charlotte have had a most won-
derful year from standpoint of work and entertain-
ment of soldiers from sister jurisdictions.
I herewith attach inspection report.
Respectfully submitted,
L. B. YANDELL,
D. D. G. M., Twenty-seventh District.
Twenty-eighth Masonic District
Dallas, N. C., December 4, 1919.
Most Worship fid Grand Master Geo. S. Norfleet, Win-
ston-Salem, N. C.:
Honored Sir: As District Deputy of the twenty-
eighth district, I beg to report as follows :
I have been in constant touch with Masonry in my
district during the year and have visited several Lodges.
It was my purpose to make an official visit to each and
every Lodge in my territory during the fall and' be
thereby better enabled to bring fresh tidings from the
Craft to the Grand Lodge at its annual communication,
but the epidemic of influenza thwarted this purpose,
and my report, therefore, is not what I had intended
making it. I am glad, however, to be able to say that
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the condition of Masonry in my district is good. The
Brethren are loyal and responsive to every appeal of
charity and patriotism, and the standard of Masonry
is high. I have personal knowledge to the effect that
every Lodge in my district is active and working reg-
ularly, with one possible exception.
Should I be called to serve in this capacity another
term, I will use my best efforts to furnish a more com-
plete and detailed report.
Respectfully,
Clyde C. Craig,
D. D. G. M., Twenty-eighth District.
Thirtieth Masonic District
Winston-Salem, N. C., December 12, 1918.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Master of The Grand
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of North Carolina:
Most Worshipful Sir : I have the honor to submit
this my report as District Deputy Grand Master for the
thirtieth Masonic district.
Two meetings, which in a measure served as dis-
trict meetings, were held in Winston Lodge, No. 167,
during the year. These meetings were participated in
by the officers and members of all the Lodges in the dis-
trict. Plans were laid and many things of value to the
Craft were discussed and both have proven of inesti-
mable value to us all.
The first meeting was held on May 11, 1918, and
was in honor of our M.'.W.'. Grand Master. The speaker
on this occasion was Deputy Grand Master Henry A.
Grady. Brother Grady laid much stress on the several
duties of Masonry at this time, more especially as re-
gards the various war activities, in which we were all in-
terested and very happy to do our part. In this connec-
tion I might add that Winston Lodge, No. 167, is a mem-
ber of the “Limit Club,” being the owner of $1,000.00 of
War Savings Stamps.
The second meeting was a joint installation of the
officers of all the Lodges in the thirtieth district ; Mocks-
ville, No. 134; Winston, No. 167; Farmington, No. 265;
Salem, No. 289; and Walnut Cove, No. 629. This meet-
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ing was held on June 27th and the various officers were
installed by the Grand Master. This meeting was very
largely attended, more than 225 Masons being present.
The words of cheer and encouragement spoken by our
Grand Master, Grand Chaplain and Grand Sword Bearer
have been an inspiration to all present from which much
good has come. So, while I have not been able to person-
ally visit all the Lodges this year, I have been in touch
with same and I am gratified to be able to report that
the district is in fine shape and will show a material
increase this year.
The several proclamations of the Grand Master have
been followed up, as well as the several requests from
our Government regarding saving food, Liberty Bonds
and War Savings Stamps, and I am sure the results
have been all we could ask. The Soldier Masons’ Welfare
Fund has also claimed my attention, but I regret to have
to report that as yet not all the Lodges in this district
have made remittance to this Fund. However, I feel
sure that before the Grand Lodge meets in January,
the funds from all will be in the hands of Brother Will-
son, Grand Secretary.
Respectfully and fraternally,
P. T. Wilson,
D. D. G. M., Thirtieth District ._
Thirty -Fifth Masonic District
Vilas, N. C., January 11, 1919.
Mr. George S. Norfleet, Most Worshipful Grand Master
of The Grand Lodge of North Carolina, Winston-
Salem, N. C.:
My Dear Sir and Brother: I beg leave, as D. D.
G. M. of the thirty-fifth district of this Masonic juris-
diction, to make the following report:
I have had the pleasure of visiting all the Lodges
except one in my district, which are located in Watauga
and Avery counties.
I find most of the Lodges in good condition, five out
of seven had work, and it was very well done.
Most of the Lodges have grown in membership and
out of good material.
The majority of the workers are young men, and
are enthusiastic in the work.
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The Lodges all seem to be in good financial condi-
tion.
Two of the Lodges have had Grand Lecturers, and
others are expecting to have one at an early date.
I think the fraternal spirit is good, and that the
general outlook for Masonry is all right in this district.
In conclusion, I thank you for the confidence reposed
in me, and with kindest regards for you personally and
officially, I am
Respectfully and fraternally yours,
J. W. Horton,
D. D. G. M., Thirty-fifth District.
Thirty-eighth Masonic District
January 21, 1919.
To the Most Worshipful Grand. Master:
It is a source of sincere and deep regret to me that
I must report my total inability to perform the duties
you entrusted to me, as District Deputy for the thirty-
eighth district. I was taken ill February 4, 1918, with
bronchial pneumonia, and have not as yet entirely re-
covered. I was ordered by my physician to leave my
business and my State, and was absent just six months,
and since my return my health has been precarious.
I am able to attend the Grand Lodge, but must exercise
great care and must not exert myself. Although I was
unable to visit the Lodges in my district, I have talked
with members of the various Lodges, and they are in
good hands and the affairs of all the Lodges are properly
and carefully handled, so far as I can learn.
Again expressing my sincere regret at the inability
which deprives me of the pleasure and honor of per-
forming my duties, and with assurance that our Order
has the only place in my heart, I am
Most cordially and fraternally yours,
R. M. Oates,
D. D. G. M., Thirty-eighth District.
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Thirty-ninth Masonic District
Asheville, N. C., January 17, 1919.
Mr. George S. Norfleet, Grand Master, The Grand Lodge
of North Carolina, A.F.&A.M., Winston-Salem,
N. C.:
Most Worshipful Sir: I beg to enclose herewith
inspection reports of the Lodges in my district I have
been able to visit since my appointment as District
Deputy. In addition to visiting these I have been a
frequent attendant of my own Lodge, Mount Hermon,
No. 118.
I intended to visit most of the Lodges in the dis-
trict, but just as Lhad made plans to begin, the influ-
enza broke out, and many of the Lodges had to abandon
their meetings. For this reason, I have been prevented
from making the visits as planned. However, I have
been in touch with most of the Lodges, and the con-
dition of Masonry in the district is good. All the Lodges
seem to be in good financial condition, and there has
been a substantial growth in membership. The fra-
ternal spirit is good, and harmony prevails in the dis-
trict so far as I have been able to learn.
I regret very much that I could not visit all the
Lodges, and am sorry I was unable to do more for the
cause.
Fraternally yours,
R. E. CURRENCE,
D. D. G. M., Thirty-ninth District.
Forty-first Masonic District
Marspiall, N. C., January 4, 1919.
Mr. George S. Norfleet, Winston-Salem, N. C.:
Most Worshipful Grand Master: Owing to ill-
health and “flu” epidemic, I have failed to visit the fol-
lowing Lodges in my district : White Rock, No. 393 ;
Mars Hill, No. 370; Ivy, No. 406; Pigeon River, No.
386; Sonoma, No. 472; and Clyde, No. 453.
We had a very successful and enjoyable district meet-
ing at Waynesville, July 11th. The Board of Custodians
and the Grand Lecturers were present. The attendance
was good, considering the weather and the distance so
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many had to travel to get there. I think the meeting
resulted in much good to Masonry.
So far as I know the Lodges are all doing well and
there is little or no friction in any of them.
Sincerely and fraternally,
C. A. Clark,
D. D. G. M., Forty-first District.
Forty -fourth Masonic District
Rutherfordton, N. C., December 16, 1918.
Hon. George S. Norfleet, Most Worshipful Grand Mas-
ter, A.F.&A.M.:
My Dear Sir and Brother : As your Deputy for the
forty-fourth district, I herewith submit my report, as
required by the Code :
I have not visited the Lodges at Henrietta, Car-
oleen, Ellenboro and Hollis, and offer the following as
reason for failure : Upon my appointment as Deputy
last March, I wrote to each Lodge, and requested notice
of time of meeting and work to be done. I had the
pleasure of visiting several Lodges and seeing and help-
ing in conferring the several degrees. I had expected
to visit all the Lodges in October and November for
inspection, but the quarantine on account of influenza
closed the Lodges in this county, and hence my fail-
ure to visit the Lodges mentioned.
The work in the Lodges visited did reasonably well
for small Lodges.
The attendance on meetings this year, even before the
quarantine, was not up to former years and is accounted
for by the numerous war call drives, and yet our mem-
bers rallied patriotically to the Government calls and in-
vested Lodge funds to the limit in Government securities,
besides sending to the front more than forty members.
The dust of two of these rests in the war-torn soil of
France.
We have made a distressingly small gain in member-
ship this year, but “we be true men” and where we fail
in numbers we try to make up in quality.
I will file statistics with the Grand Secretary.
Respectfully reported,
J. B. Carpenter,
D. D. G. M., Forty-fourth District.
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PRESERVATION
Proceedings of the Grand Lodge shall be pre-
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charge of the Lodge Secretary or Librarian, who
shall be responsible for their keeping. They may
be loaned to members, but in such case shall be
returned to the Lodge at or before the next suc-
ceeding stated meeting. (Reg. 280, 1915 Code.)
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